Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Peter Tatchell - Red Wall - 8by10 - 2016-10-15.jpg

File:Peter Tatchell - Red Wall - 8by10 - 2016-10-15.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Portrait
•  Info Peter Tatchell, the British human rights campaigner best known in the UK for his LGBT activism. The photo was taken by me on the balcony of his London flat. I'm grateful for advice on post-processing and image selection to Diliff, Slaunger and Cart. The image is cropped but not downsized. -- Colin (talk) 17:29, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- Colin (talk) 17:29, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Great strong portrait, sharp and well lit. cart-Talk 17:33, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Nice portrait. Yann (talk) 17:56, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Oppose IMHO, It's a nice portrait, however, background color and texture are distracting (maybe a bucket could be better), composition is too closeup. Btw I preffer this version.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by The Photographer (talk • contribs) 18:48, 5 November 2016‎ (UTC)

It wasn't easy for me to decide which of the three photos I uploaded was best. I think there are good qualities in each, in their own ways. In terms of "closeup", there is no room in the original framing to expand the crop to the left. It was a narrow balcony and a thin strip of wall to use as background. -- Colin (talk) 20:54, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

•  Support - Please sign your post. I prefer this version and find this restrained bokeh background much less distracting than that loud bokeh background. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:55, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

•  Support Very nice work! -- Slaunger (talk) 20:47, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Support lNeverCry 11:30, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Support and prefer this. Jee 11:46, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 12:12, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
• What is meaningful photos? --Morning (talk) 16:44, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

   Oppose As @The Photographer, Disproportionate.--Morning (talk) 16:50, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

•  Oppose I actually agree here. I think his face is "too much in forward", which is result of too tight crop, i think some pixel on each side would help. Compo, colors are fine. --Mile (talk) 17:34, 6 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Comment As noted, this photo is cropped but not on the left side. However, by merging with other photo taken at the same time, and a little bit of clone/patch in Photoshop, I have created another "uncropped" photo with a slightly extended left side, and more of the original right/top/bottom sides. Please look at File:Peter Tatchell - Red Wall - Uncropped - 2016-10-15.jpg. @W.carter, Yann, The Photographer, Ikan Kekek, and Slaunger: @INeverCry, Jkadavoor, Goodmorninghpvn, and PetarM: use the "Add Note" feature on that image to suggest your crop and sign your suggestion. Then we could offer a consensus-crop as an alternative. Please don't add crops to this nomination thanks. -- Colin (talk) 19:21, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

I preffer the bottom cut suggestion of Slaunger --The Photographer 22:54, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

+1. Like that suggestion of Slaunger. Jee 03:08, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

• Suggestion: Add some 80 px on right side, 20 px on left, leave bottom, above: cut, so his eyes would be on 2/3 and you get rid of some hairs. --Mile (talk) 06:39, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

I tried out Slaunger's crop, and Cart's and Mile's. I think Slaunger's pushes the balance too far to the left, doesn't leave enough space on the left (which his body faces) and a little too much room above. But I couldn't decide last night. I'm becoming less sure that adding more space round him is buying much -- it isn't like we see more of a pretty dress or fancy costume, just a black shirt and red wall. Perhaps there are simply many possible crops (tighter still, or wider) and no clear winner. Keep posting your suggestions if you like, and I'll think again tonight. -- Colin (talk) 08:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

I saw the alternative crops, in a dropbox link send in a mail by Colin, where Colin also proposes a square crop. Well, none are IMO clearly better than the nomination (very much a matter of taste), and actually I do not particularly fancy my own proposed crop when I see the result (the nomination is fine as is), as is a square crop. I would propose not to nominate an alternative at this time, but stick with the original crop. -- Slaunger (talk) 19:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

•  Support. I agree with The Photographer that the alternative image is slightly better, but this is my second favourite and still a quality portrait. Diliff (talk) 11:55, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

 Comment The Photographer, Diliff, you are both welcome to create a separate nomination for the other portrait, which I would support. I shall update this nomination with a suitable crop tonight, taking into account suggestions + my own preferences. -- Colin 13:43, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

•  Support For me the wall is an excellent background that does not detract from a well-done portrait. I like the irony of it being red when he is now a member of the Green Party, having left Labour a decade ago. But IIRC London has a lot more red-painted brick walls than green ones. Daniel Case (talk) 21:03, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Nikhil (talk) 03:53, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 3 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Mile (talk) 07:23, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: People#Portrait