Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Wool spinning

Wool spinning edit

Original - A man from Ramallah spinning wool. Hand tinted photograph from 1919, restored.

Reason: A remarkable early photograph of daily life from the early twentieth century. Hand tinted, so brush strokes are visible at full resolution. Restored version of File:Ramallah spinner.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Wool#History, Spinning_(textiles)#Hand_spinning, Ramallah#Modern_era
Creator: American Colony Jerusalem

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 19:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support GerardM (talk) 05:26, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Iconic image. Shame about the lack of sharpness on the yarn. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 15:25, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose this version. An excellent photograph and a great find, but the histogram adjustment seems to go rather far, introducing a level of contrast that suits contemporary aesthetics but is not ordinarily seen in tinted photographs of this era. Perhaps an intermediate adjustment would work better. Chick Bowen 21:01, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is color balance cold? At first sight, it seems so to me. Thegreenj 00:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The auto settings wanted to go much colder. Durova^Charge! 17:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - But the auto settings are pretty much meaningless. --Dschwen 19:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Auto gives you suggestions. If you don't like it, you undo. Apparently the auto was not suitable for this image. Zoo Fari 23:08, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - That's a pretty good way of putting it, ZooFari. It would probably require a chemical analysis of the pigments used at this print to achieve a really accurate restoration on the color: this was artificial color painted on, and some pigments fade more than others. Durova^Charge! 15:15, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great picture with a great value about the traditions in Palestine at the beginning of the 20th century. The elements in the picture capture the theme perfectly. --Banzoo (talk) 15:46, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'd be unhappy about the significant tilt, changes in background and change in white balance from the original, but it isn't illustrating an artist or an artwork at all and it looks pretty good in this format. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It almost looks like he's spinning from his coat. An impressive image. Mostlyharmless (talk) 06:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ramallah spinner2.jpg MER-C 10:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]