Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John Philip Sousa - Elmer Chickering

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Feb 2015 at 12:27:38 (UTC)

Reason: Let's get this out of the way first: It's below the suggested minimums. However, it's also the best photograph of Sousa I can find, with a pose and positioning that gives a bit of life and warmth to the image. It's so much better than the higher-resolution images in that respect that I'd like to propose it first.
Articles in which this image appears: John Philip Sousa
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Elmer Chickering, restoration by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 12:27, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – EV. He looks like his music sounds. Sca (talk) 14:18, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice photo. CorinneSD (talk) 00:09, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Jobas (talk) 14:51, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Blacknclick (talk) 16:29, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry, I'm not sold on this one- the size is one issue, but I'm not convinced that it's a fantastic image anyway (I lack the vocab to explain, but the pixellation is what is bothering me- is this the scan or the original?). This may be the best image of the subject we have, but that doesn't mean it should be featured. J Milburn (talk) 23:56, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Agree with J Milburn. Presumabably this actual photography still exists, and a better scan can be taken, unless I'm mistaken? Mattximus (talk) 01:19, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Elmer Chickering - John Philip Sousa.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:48, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I appreciate that this is the "right" closure, but may there not be some utility in holding a nomination open for a little longer if an objection is raised at a late stage? Or at least asking other supporters to clarify their view in light of the new objection? J Milburn (talk) 16:37, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you raise an objection at a late stage, than you can notify the other supporters on their talk pages/ping them to make them aware. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:10, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@J Milburn: As for the pixelization, I presume that's film grain. There's a couple larger Elmer Chickering photos of Sousa, and they do have similar effects on them. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:45, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, thanks for the clarification. J Milburn (talk) 19:56, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As for the background, I presume it's some sort of dry brush. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:31, 20 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]