Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo
Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2015  at 02:16:18 (UTC)


 * Reason:High technical quality of this notable activist
 * Articles in which this image appears:Ai-jen Poo
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Political or Featured pictures/People/Others, maybe
 * Creator:John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation


 * Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:16, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'm not sure how much it really matters, but there is something a bit odd with the colours on her shirt (e.g. look under her left arm). 109.153.244.21 (talk) 03:05, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Reds are notoriously easy to blow, especially with a bright color like this. This image was desaturated by 30 or so and the reds were still overwhelming. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:19, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with you, although I think the image has been a bit overprocessed. I don't think the reds were blown this bad at the time of the photo (unless the photographer accidentally overexposed and had to darken it in post), I think the blown reds were introduced by editing. Just my suspicion though. Also, it probably doesn't help that the WB is a bit off. There's a definite red tint to the photo, which is probably introduced by the red wall on her left (camera right). Even so, it's fairly easily corrected. Mind if I upload over the top of it to correct it? (nothing I can do about the shirt though) &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  09:47, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * No worries about overwriting. (I overwrote the Junot Díaz image, from the same source, with an edit a while back). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:05, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, it's done. I adjusted the WB of the background, largely excluding her to preserve the colour of the reds on her shirt and skin tones. Also brightened the background by about 0.25EV. Just my personal preference there. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  10:37, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * (OP) Actually, looking at this again, I now think the red shirt overload probably does matter -- enough at least to scupper this one's chances of attaining FP status. 109.153.244.21 (talk) 12:14, 13 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Weak Support. It's a good portrait, and I don't think there's much wrong with it. Just the slightly off-putting tones on her shirt makes it hard to give full support. We are notoriously harsh on portraits though. We often reject what would be happily accepted by commercial clients! &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  10:39, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support The red suits her and I like the office setting more than the clichéd equation-filled whiteboard, glass and steel corridor or mood-lit laboratory. Belle (talk) 00:24, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --Yann (talk) 14:05, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --Jobas (talk) 12:15, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support nice portrait. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:03, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 02:40, 23 July 2015 (UTC)