Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Ghost Town - NARA - 543356.jpg

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File:Ghost Town - NARA - 543356.jpg[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 26 Nov 2011 at 07:07:01 (UTC)
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Ghost Town
  •  Info created by Environmental Protection Agency, restored and nominated by Yann (talk) 07:07, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Photo from 1972. Good composition, nice colors. It remains me of old western movies. -- Yann (talk) 07:07, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose deficient restoration (especially if looking at the skies and the lighter parts of the building), lacking sharpness, no documentation of the restoration process. regards, PETER WEIS TALK 07:16, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • I added a template for restored images. Could you please explain what you mean by "deficient restoration"? Thanks, Yann (talk) 08:26, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
      • No, you added a template for retouched images. Several dust spots and stains are still visible (darkish dots in the sky and the the lighter parts of the building the pavement and other areas). Since the digitisation process can not transfer the original sharpness to full extent, it's common to slightly sharpen the image after the initial restoration process, which has not been done either in this case. If you care about thorough restorations have a look in Katrin Eismann's Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, Ctein's Digital Photo Restoration or similar books on the topic. Regards, PETER WEIS TALK 11:59, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • I could try to make further corrections. However I am not sure how much restoration needs to be done. It is an old photo, so it seems OK to me if there are still a few dots. Is there another template for restoration? I am not aware of that. Thanks, Yann (talk) 12:25, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I agree with the nominator regarding the atmosphere of the wild west. It makes the photo valuable. However, I also agree with Peter Weis regarding the need for cleanup. However, even when (if) that is done I find the crop at the top (roof of building) and bottom (cart) unfortunate. I think that could have been taken care of back in 1972:-) --Slaunger (talk) 20:43, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose The framing feels unnatural, the character of these places is horizontal not vertical, yet despite the portrait format the top and bottom are still cropped. --ELEKHHT 22:20, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nominationYann (talk) 16:07, 18 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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