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Donald Pleasence[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Feb 2011 at 13:48:57 (UTC)

Original - Donald Henry Pleasence was an English actor perhaps best known for his role as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in You Only Live Twice.
Reason
A very nice portrait from the early seventies- very much irreplaceable, as the subject died in '95. Massive resolution and a well-documented free license.
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Donald Pleasence
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Allan warren
  • Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 13:48, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now I had been eying this photo myself, but I don't think it's ready for primetime yet--lots of dust and scratches. I had been meaning to restore it myself, but GIMP crashed on me after a good deal of work and I got discouraged... maybe someone else can take this on? Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:51, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I am allowed to vote for myself right?♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Pleasence was one of the most prolific character actors from the 60's until his death in the 90's. His characters were often highly intelligent and I think the pensive expression in this portrait demonstrates this very well. I agree partially with Calliopejen1 in the current resolution exposes the defects in the original film, perhaps a smaller version would be better since we don't need to see every pore.--RDBury (talk) 17:46, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
PS: The high resolution also brings out some depth of field issues, also invisible at the resolutions most people will be viewing it.--RDBury (talk) 17:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support love the low DOF. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 21:25, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support As per nom. SMasters (talk) 06:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Wonderful portrait, but I regretfully agree with Calliopejen1. I would probably support a smaller version, if no one has time for a thorough restoration. --Avenue (talk) 22:29, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: Needs clean-up work and some headroom. Otherwise very nice. Maedin\talk 23:06, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:51, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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