Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:USO-CAB - 20131130 - Lucas Amorosino 1.jpg

File:USO-CAB - 20131130 - Lucas Amorosino 1.jpg, featured

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•  Info created by, uploaded by, nominated by Pleclown -- Pleclown (talk) 11:36, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Lucas Amorosino is an Argentine rugby player, currently playing for the USO, a club of the french Top 14. This picture was taken during the match opposing USO to CA Brive, which was attended by two accredited photographers, thanks to Wikimedia CH. The ISO rating is quite high, due to the late hour (the sunset was at 16h52 in Oyonnax on this date) and to the necessity to freeze the action (ie. to have a shutter speed of 1/1,250 sec or more), but I think that this doesn't harm much. The player is going to try a coup de pied à suivre (kick for himself) in order to outrun the defensive players on his left. -- Pleclown (talk) 11:36, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Great action shot. Yann (talk) 11:47, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
•  Comment Good moment; but the framing failed. And I see many compelling frames there. Jee 12:15, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by "the framing failed". And for the "many compelling frames", those pictures can be proposed for FP later, right ? :) Pleclown (talk) 12:24, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  It needs more lead room as the subjects are running to the right. You can crop the "cut" man on left; but difficult to add more space on right. Other picture by you I mentioned seems better in composition. But face of the man in red shirt is not sharp there. I withdrawn other choices as they seem poor in full resolution. Jee 13:10, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  I see. I will see tonight if I can do something (as the image is cropped). Pleclown (talk) 13:23, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  I would definetly support File:US Oyonnax vs. CA Brive, 30th November 2013 (7).jpg. The current nomination has no wow for me (just a matter of taste I believe). --PierreSelim (talk) 16:44, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  PierreSelim, but it is rather noisy and unsharp in full size. Any possibility to repair it? Jee 17:06, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  Jee, I would do something like File:US Oyonnax vs. CA Brive, 30th November 2013 (7)-2.jpg: darken the dark tones, reduce a bit noise and sharpen a bit, however noise will still be there and details are a bit lost. However I believe we are generally too harsh on noise for sports photography, when professional photos are generally full of noise and downsized. --PierreSelim (talk) 17:52, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  Thanks for your re-work. It is an action pumped moment. :) Jee 17:59, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

  I've thightened the crop. Pleclown (talk) 20:36, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

   Support Jee 02:59, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

•  Support --Baresi F (talk) 11:35, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Good shot with lots of action. Ball is a little hard to find and highlights on sleeve are a bit blown, but those are trifles. This is one of the best rugby shots we've got ... should be used as a lede image in more articles. Daniel Case (talk) 00:23, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
•  Support Michael Barera (talk) 00:37, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 07:13, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /A.Savin 20:14, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Sports