Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947 (LOC, 5020400274, cropped).jpg

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• Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Historical/People#1940-1949
•  Info created by William P. Gottlieb - uploaded by Rrburke, adjusted by Opencooper and Hohum (edit: and Radomianin) - nominated by Thi -- Thi (talk) 15:53, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Thi (talk) 15:53, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Love this Cmao20 (talk) 17:38, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment Certainly FP worthy, but some more restoration is needed. Yann (talk) 18:08, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

* Oppose Restoration is needed Ezarateesteban 23:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment What additional restoration is required? As far as blemishes go - I think the marks in the background are actual marks on the wall. Hohum (talk) 01:13, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support When I compare the retouched version with the source file, I realize that the retouching was done very well. To me, this version is clearly worthy of support. -- Radomianin (talk) 11:22, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Addendum: @Cmao20, Yann, Ezarate, and Charlesjsharp: I have just prepared a re-retouched version, provided via SwissTransfer, in which I have removed various scratches and lint in the following parts: Neck, headdress, chin, wall, dress, sleeves as well as the dog's muzzle, chest and paw. @Hohum: Please take a look at the edit, if you think this is an improvement, feel free to upload it. Apologies for the ping, but if it's for the sake of improvement, it's certainly appropriate. Thanks in advance and best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 13:10, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment Various specks etc. needing better restoration. Also, the source file is very poor, being an offset photo of an original print. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
•  I withdraw my nomination. Thanks for the discussion. --Thi (talk) 13:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

• @Thi: Ask for Adam Cuerden. ★ 13:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Question @Thi: Perhaps wait with the withdrawal, I just created an improved version and asked the reviewers for their opinion. Thanks in advance and best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 13:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

• Looking into this. Yann (talk) 19:11, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support I uploaded Radomianin's version. Really good restoration. Yann (talk) 19:49, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support ★ 00:12, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support Great portrait. Thank you, Thi, for the nomination, and you, Radomianin for the restoration work – much appreciated! --Aristeas (talk) 10:58, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 12:58, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support now yes, thanks!! Ezarateesteban 13:41, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment Very good to me, but what is the sort of watermark on the wall behind her? It's a little distracting. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:29, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks for the attentive hint, Ikan. I also noticed the supposed watermark during the retouching. I can only assume that there was some writing on the wall that wasn't removed carefully enough before the wall was repainted. It can also be seen on the original Library of Congress photo. Since this is most likely the current state at the time the photo was taken, it is simply part of the scenery depicted in the photo. There is another photo from this series in which the overpainted writing is faintly recognizable upon closer inspection. Further down this photograph, you can see other white lettering that has not been overpainted. So it probably wasn't a real wall, but an event stand or a theater or concert poster made of wood or sturdy cardboard. -- Radomianin (talk) 13:44, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

•  Support Alright, it's still distracting me, but this is the best we're gonna do. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:32, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Cmao20 (talk) 14:13, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Historical/People#1940-1949