Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Close-up portrait of an old woman.jpg
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File:Close-up portrait of an old woman.jpg, not featured[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 2 Sep 2019 at 18:01:02 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/People
Info created by aunhtet0, uploaded and nominated by Yann (talk) 18:01, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
Support This tells a story. This old lady seems to have a strong character. -- Yann (talk) 18:01, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
Oppose Certainly I can see why you nominated it, but we have several pictures of similar kinds of subjects such as this, this or this. In comparison, this one doesn't seem particularly unusual or outstanding, not to me anyway. The story it tells, that of resilience in the face of age and (potentially) hardship, has, for me, been expressed many times before in better pictures than this one. I wouldn't be surprised if this does well nonetheless, though. Cmao20 (talk) 21:56, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
Question If the author is not known, can we really be sure that the picture is freely licensed? --A.Savin 23:39, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
- I also wondered about that, so I searched but I didn't find any older or bigger copy. I don't doubt now that the license is OK. Regards, Yann (talk) 02:16, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- I found the author. Regards, Yann (talk) 04:35, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- Could you amend the nomination to include the photographer's name and give them due credit here. Then I'm sure this little Q/A about authorship could be deleted. -- Colin (talk) 08:28, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
Done Yann (talk) 09:05, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose per Cmao20. I don't really understand the "old person with lines in their face" link with "strong character". You get lines from smoking and from sun damage from being outdoors a lot. Nothing to do with character. The capture, with her looking off camera and her mouth open with no teeth to smile with, seems unflattering, and not special enough for FP. -- Colin (talk) 08:28, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
Neutral Agree with Yann's review, but this potential "strong character" is not something that particularly conquers me here. I like the wrinkles, but her facial expression is neither very clear, hospitable or prodigal. Added to this, the landscape format for this portrait, cutting the chin and the forehead, doesn't add anything to the composition in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:07, 27 August 2019 (UTC)- Oppose Per Cmao here--Boothsift 05:35, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose per Cmao and Colin. Daniel Case (talk) 17:43, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination Yann (talk) 17:50, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /--Basile Morin (talk) 00:24, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
