Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Willa Beatrice Brown

Willa Beatrice Brown edit

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Original – Willa Brown as a lieutenant in the United States Civil Air Patrol

Reason: High quality image used as lead. Strong EV.
Articles in which this image appears: Willa Beatrice Brown
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator: Unknown photographer, restored by FatCat96

Support as nominator – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 00:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – there is a white vertical streak under the base of the bottle, it can be removed. A similar one in the original (bottom right corner) was removed. On a sidenote, when restoring, it's best to start from the original tiff, rather than a jpeg. Bammesk (talk) 02:07, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
While one has to be careful people don't stop looking African-American, this does feel like it's rather low contrast, nothing lighter than a dull grey. Maybe play with the white and midpoints of the levels a little? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 17:38, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I've fixed your concern. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:08, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not mine, I fear. But trying some things, it honestly looks like setting the white point pretty near the brightest point in the image will largely fix this. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 04:17, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose, has some pencil drawing-like soft and flat look (particularly as compared to some other photos of that period). Brandmeister^talk 17:10, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose I like old shots, but still isnt as it could be, unsharp, like fuzzed. --Petar Milošević (talk) 17:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – A good nomination, but the haziness and the unsharp details is commendable. Yes, it resonates with the time period and the style of the photo, but we have had older and sharper FPs. Also, per Adam's comment on contrast and white balance. Another point, negligible yet important IMO, is the angle of the subject. It kinda reduces the EV for a lead image of a GA.The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]