Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John Surratt
John Surratt[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Dec 2012 at 15:20:41 (UTC)
- Reason
- Fairly interesting pose, good enough quality for its age. Notable person, interesting costume
- Articles in which this image appears
- John Surratt +2
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
- Creator
- Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, restored by JBarta and Crisco 1492.
- Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:20, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
- I hate to say it, but I really don't like how the irestoration was recropped very tightly from the original. Reluctant oppose, but I will say this: Other than that, the restoration looks great. Adam Cuerden (talk) 05:52, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- To be honest, I prefer the current crop over the original but agree that something not as tight would be better. If I get to a computer with decent internet access I'll try and save some of the extra room. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:54, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- I agree with Adam; a Brady photo should be represented according to Brady's intentions unless damage makes it impossible to do so. Chick Bowen 03:37, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- Looking at the original, the bottom and left sides are damaged (possibly beyond repair). There will have to be some cropping. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:39, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- Trust me, that's not beyond repair; most of the damage is on a blank wall, and the rest is just small patches on a rug pattern complicated enough to not need full precision for the small bits missing. It takes a little practice with the clone stamp tool, but it's a good skill to have, as some of these images have much more complicated damage, such as damage to clothing or even the face. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:46, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
- I'm only about a third of the way through (didn't bring a flash drive to work on this at home). Still a work in progress — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:31, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
- Trust me, that's not beyond repair; most of the damage is on a blank wall, and the rest is just small patches on a rug pattern complicated enough to not need full precision for the small bits missing. It takes a little practice with the clone stamp tool, but it's a good skill to have, as some of these images have much more complicated damage, such as damage to clothing or even the face. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:46, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
- Looking at the original, the bottom and left sides are damaged (possibly beyond repair). There will have to be some cropping. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:39, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- I agree with Adam; a Brady photo should be represented according to Brady's intentions unless damage makes it impossible to do so. Chick Bowen 03:37, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
- To be honest, I prefer the current crop over the original but agree that something not as tight would be better. If I get to a computer with decent internet access I'll try and save some of the extra room. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:54, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
[Unindent] Looking pretty good so far! Two bits of advice, though: Don't save it as an interlaced JPEG, and work in lossless formats as much as possible while editing. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:05, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
- Sadly, limited by the system (and the fact that it's not my computer, so I have to save my work in progress on Commons). Thanks, it might take a while though. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:19, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
- Weak Oppose I have to agree on the crop, it doesn't work with such a tight crop. Disregard this if if an edit is posted with a looser crop. Cat-fivetc ---- 13:12, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Not promoted per User_talk:Crisco_1492#Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates.2FJohn_Surratt. The new version will be renominated shortly. --Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:39, 24 December 2012 (UTC)