Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/EmperorPenguinChick

EmperorPenguinChick

Baby Emperor Penguin sticking its head out from under its parent.

Edit 1 - If noise is the only problem, it's now fixed by Arad.

I stumbled across this picture when I was looking at some changes made to the Emperor Penguin penguin article. The quality of the picture clearly stood out to me and I thought the baby penguin was very cute, so I thought I'd nominate it. --ZeWrestler ^Talk 15:50, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mtpaley You are stuck with the grain, it was taken on black and white film and what you see on the original unedited version is an accurate scan of the original. Edit 1 looks reasonable enough but Edit 2 has been pushed a little too far and looks artifical. I will try and track down the original negative (somewhere in my unindexed mountain of negatives) but I am pretty sure that the grain comes from the source not the printing.

Nominate and support. - ZeWrestler ^Talk 15:50, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Cute? yes. Artistic? maybe. Encyclopedic? not so sure. Is the picture black and white or are the colors really that ugly? I think it looks grainy too.Nnfolz 17:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, noisy. —Keenan Pepper 19:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Blurred and grainy - Adrian Pingstone 19:41, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Good composition, but too grainy. --Tewy 20:09, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too grainy, and a larger picture would be prefered, especially with grain. HighInBC 21:07, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for reasons already stated. SteveHopson 21:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I liked the new version Arad.--ZeWrestler ^Talk 22:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it was my pleasure. Arad 22:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak Support Edit 1~~Support Edit 1 or 2 Good picture now that the grain is removed. Arad 22:17, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Way too grainy/blurry (the edit isn't grainy, but it's still very blurry). --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 13:03, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How can you see blur in any of these images? It's almost black and white. 66.36.135.18 13:08, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What does that have to do with it? It's blurry because you can't make out any fine detail. —Keenan Pepper 15:52, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose both edits: they don't really help, they just make it look unnatural. Edit 2 looks like it was taken through a window in the rain. I wish this were TV and we could use that magical "enhance" function. =P —Keenan Pepper 15:51, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support because of relative rarity. gren グレン 18:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. ~~If this has been made black and white in an edit, I oppose it. If the colors are really like that or the original is uploaded, I might change my mind.~~ I support any of the three. Nauticashades 18:53, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For what it is worth I can tell you that this photo was taken using black and white film then printed and scanned, it is a photo taken and uploaded by me. On a purely technical note it is not blurred but the grain of the film limits the resolution. Mtpaley 18:00, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It might have been better off in color, but it can't be helped, so I'll change my vote to Weak Support.

Support I like the capture. PPGMD 18:27, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all. Original is far too grainy for FP. Unfortunately, removing the grain also erases the finer texture of the feathers & fluff. --Janke | Talk 14:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- So i guess its a loss-loss situation for this one. --ZeWrestler ^Talk 05:35, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted