Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Benjamin Davis
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Dec 2024 at 01:50:19 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality, shot is composed alright, general in front of a map is thematically fitting, and is also in full color, which is unusual for 1945 or so
- Articles in which this image appears
- Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
- Creator
- U.S. Department of War
- Support as nominator – Bremps... 01:50, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Low quality. File size is 204KB, that's small. A larger less compressed file would have shown more fine details. It needs a restoration to remove spots and dust. Also there is a large out of focus patch on his shirt (on his left chest and his left upper arm), it's easy to see when zoomed in, say at 150% size. It looks abnormal (looks like a cut and pasted patch, or maybe the scanner messed up for some reason). Good composition and good EV though. I would support This image if it's restored from its original tiff Here. Bammesk (talk) 02:32, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - I tried and failed to find a better copy of this. There wasn't one among the National Archive's online collection for him. Moonreach (talk) 18:26, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- I should add that I would support a higher-quality copy of this; I think it's an excellent photo. But tracking down the exact provenance led to a bunch of dead ends and stock photo websites, and I can't say I'm fully convinced this is actually a government photograph rather than one from a news agency that might still be copyrighted. Moonreach (talk) 18:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- I too support a higher quality version of this. Bammesk (talk) 02:25, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Pinging @PequodOnStationAtLZ, who may be able to shed some light on where the photograph was first found. Bremps... 04:25, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- If I remember correctly it was a copyright fraud case on Getty Images PequodOnStationAtLZ (talk) 05:01, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- Getty has no credibility: [1] on copyright of older images. Bammesk (talk) 02:25, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- If I remember correctly it was a copyright fraud case on Getty Images PequodOnStationAtLZ (talk) 05:01, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- I should add that I would support a higher-quality copy of this; I think it's an excellent photo. But tracking down the exact provenance led to a bunch of dead ends and stock photo websites, and I can't say I'm fully convinced this is actually a government photograph rather than one from a news agency that might still be copyrighted. Moonreach (talk) 18:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:40, 7 December 2024 (UTC)