Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Conf dead chancellorsville

Conf dead chancellorsville

Current FP Confederate dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia, killed during the Battle of Fredericksburg Dec 13, 1862. Photographed by Capt. Andrew J. Russell.

Edit 1 Restore as much as possible, correct fading towards lower left, crop away irreparable ares.

Reason

Not just low resolution (367KB), but ugly. Close call on the original promotion, arguably promoted due to uncertainty over the quality of other surviving material. Moving, but really not restorable.

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Conf dead chancellorsville.jpg

Nominator

Durova^Charge!

• Delist — Durova^Charge! 01:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
• Delist It's unfortunate how we have so few civil war photos, but this one is in rough shape. ~ ωαdεstεr16_♣T^C♣ 17:53, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

• Delist and replace in its current form, but i respectfully disagree that it beyond repair, so I am going to give it a go now I have thrown the gauntlet at myself :)....Mfield (talk) 18:39, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

• Delist, poor edges; guns look staged. Narayanese (talk) 18:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

• Comment I have created Edit 1 here, still working on it but so you see where I am heading. Repair as much as possible, crop the irreparable bits, leaving the entire soldier lower left unlike the opposed edit in the original nom, correct fading.Mfield (talk) 01:48, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

The editing you've done already in Edit 1 is quite good. This photograph has great EV so thanks for salvaging it. -- AJ24 (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

• Delist and Replace with Edit 1 (or future edit) -- AJ24 (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2009 (UTC)