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•  Info U.S. President Barack Obama's official photograph in the Oval Office on 6 December 2012. Created by Pete Souza - uploaded by Jatkins - nominated by ★ -- ★ 15:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- ★ 15:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Yeah, I guess this should be FP. It seems like a pretty good official portrait, the framing with the two flags is nice Cmao20 (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Yes, it should be, and it will be: a well-known, good portrait. -- Radomianin (talk) 19:57, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

  Definitely a Picture of the Year finalist! ★ 01:17, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support Nice smile, although this one was muuuuch funnier! 🤡 -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:56, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

And this one much cooler. ;-) --Cart (talk) 13:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support --XRay 💬 08:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Comment I think still isnt up to WH photography. A bit overexposed and Souza could clean those dust spots from cloth. 1,22 MB on 9 MPx - large compresion. ★ i think wont be even near. --Mile (talk) 10:03, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

  Why is it overexposed? ★ 10:38, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

  Since it look better. +Vibrance, +Contrast, -Brightness --Mile (talk) 17:36, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support --Giles Laurent (talk) 15:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Well-done official portrait. The traditional aesthetics are typical and appropriate for that genre. Note for geeks: Pete Souza intentionally included the background, i.e. the flags, to clarify the message of the photo. And what did he do to achieve this? He closed the diaphragm to ƒ/7.1 on his 85 mm lens. And the result is fine. What a contrast to the idea advocated by many users in photo forums that you always need the fastest lenses you can get – they say “a ƒ/1.8 85 mm lens is too slow”, “don’t buy brand x, they do not even have a ƒ/1.2 85 mm lens”, etc. ;–) Well, if the background is ugly, it makes sense to throw it out of focus with an extremely fast lens, then ƒ/1.4 or ƒ/1.2 makes sense; but when the background is beautiful and/or important, even a ƒ/2.8 lens is more than fast enough at 85 mm. --Aristeas (talk) 16:59, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I see no reason to have most official portraits as FPs, but this is a really good one. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 10:55, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support A good photo where he breaks through the fourth wall in a way most official portraits don't do. And it's great if we can get another Souza photo to FP. He is an intuitive photographer with a sense of capturing moments; that doesn't always go down well here at this strange forum called FPC. --Cart (talk) 13:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:10, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 18:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 15:20, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 20:40, 26 December 2023 (UTC) PD: Thanks, Cmao20

• Poco a poco I think you forgot to sign here Cmao20 (talk) 18:46, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support -- Ivar (talk) 08:56, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 21:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: People/Portrait#Men