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File:George Washington Carver c1910 - Restoration.jpg, not featured[edit]
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Info created by anonymous - restored, uploaded, and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:42, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:42, 28 January 2016 (UTC)- Support - Good job on the restoration (I read your notes on it). Very important figure in American history. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:30, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support Per Ikan. --Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:37, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:00, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Oppose Good job on the restoration! It's a very old image, so I'm OK with the weak level of over-all sharpness. I'd maybe even be OK with the focus being on the chest area around the button rather than the face. It's the background that makes this a pretty weak portrait, imho: Dark suit, dark hair and dark skin in front of a dark background. My eyes are inevitably drawn to the white shirt, as that's the only thing that really stands out. Then they go down to the suit, which is sharp and well-lit. Only after that they move up to the face, which is less sharp and mostly in the shadows. The eyes are so deep in the shadows that the white areas look like a very dark gray.
- TL;DR: giving every bonus I can for 1910s technology, the dark background makes this not featureable for me. --El Grafo (talk) 09:46, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support For the 1910....very good. --LivioAndronico (talk) 12:51, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose Per El Grafo. Great work on the restoration, but unfortunately it brought out the weaknesses of the original portrait. Daniel Case (talk) 17:59, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support Reason for the dark background is otherwise you'd have a floating head (light background + white shirt). It's a superb portrait of Uncle Peanut. KennyOMG (talk) 04:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
Comment I'm not saying the photographer should have used a white background – there are plenty of shades available in-between. Now you've got a white V floating in space … --El Grafo (talk) 08:46, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose per El Grafo. Kruusamägi (talk) 15:08, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose Good restoration, and undeniably high EV, but one of our best portraits? I don't think so... Yann (talk) 18:36, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 6 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 09:43, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
