Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Ruins in vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Ruins in vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue

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Reason: historical image of great encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears: 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Portal:Disasters, Disaster, Ruins, Lloyd's of London, San Francisco graft trials, and several others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator: H. D. Chadwick, restored by Yann

Support as nominator The quality is not extraordinary, but this is largely compensated by the historical value. – Yann (talk) 18:30, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
There's a couple of areas that could do with a little more cleanup - a streak on the RHS at about y=700 and that stuff in the top left appears to be a smudge and not smoke. By the way, may I interest you in File:San Francisco Fire Sacramento Street 1906-04-18.jpg? MER-C 20:36, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MER-C: Done. I see there is a history here... One thing at a time... Yann (talk) 23:46, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Not entirely happy with the sky. It looks kind of overblown, in a very dirty way. Though it doesnt' look as bad from some angles on my LCD screen Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.4% of all FPs} 23:32, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Adam Cuerden: What do you suggest? As I said above, the quality is a bit below other candidates, but I think this is compensated by the historical value. Regards, Yann (talk) 23:37, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dodge/burn tool? Might also want to crop some sky: The buidings aren't bad at all. I think cropping a little above the two smoke plumes would get rid of a lot of ugly damaged sky with a net improvement to composition. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.4% of all FPs} 23:56, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am fine with a crop. Should I overload the image? What do others think? Regards, Yann (talk) 11:17, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Up to you. Feel free to remove my mockup when it's no longer helpful. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.4% of all FPs} 11:47, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Almost perfect now. I've added a couple image notes on a last couple things, but I'm sure you'll get them. Support Seriously, skies are the worst. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.4% of all FPs} 13:32, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done Yann (talk) 13:47, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've noted one more thing I noted while reviewing. I'm sorry for all the trouble. I think my monitor has fairly good detail in the upper range. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.4% of all FPs} 14:54, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK, done. Yann (talk) 16:37, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Good historical EV. Sca (talk) 15:41, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 20:50, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support – we have other FPs in the article, but the nom image is a good depiction of the damage. Bammesk (talk) 03:53, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DannyS712 (talk) 06:14, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:52, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Post-and-Grant-Avenue-Look.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:35, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]