Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Anatoliy Byshovets

Anatoliy Byshovets
Voting period ends on 27 Nov 2010 at 11:15:57 (UTC)
 * Reason:Compelling photograph with bags of character, despite its rather standard pose. Nice lighting, and he looks like a football coach, which is nice. Would be our first Russian athlete (second if my nomination lower down the page passes by some miracle) and our first football coach.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Anatoliy Byshovets (it may filter into others over time)
 * FP category for this image:People/Entertainment, while we have no sports category.
 * Creator:Uncredited (Bolshoi Sport)


 * Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 11:15, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Support edit - awkward amount of head room cropped.  Jujutacular  talk 14:09, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Support A hair light would have helped with background separation. Noodle snacks (talk) 03:49, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Support the original: background underexposed, but good for the highlighting for the subject. Very good quality. And Oppose the edit: ruins composition, too tight crop at top. --kaʁstn 17:41, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree the crop is too tight at the top, but the original has too much- perhaps we could have a crop somewhere between? J Milburn (talk) 17:56, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose both orig and alt. His face is not particularly feature-worthy and he seems almost annoyed. Also, the composition is pretty bad in both. Too much o his body is shown relative to the head; I would prefer a crop on top and also on the bottom (close to the tie). Nergaal (talk) 23:18, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, so I understand- you're opposing the current cropping, but do you feel an alternative crop could work? What do you mean about the "not particularly feature-worthy" face? J Milburn (talk) 00:37, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, a crop with more of the face (as % of the image) might work better. Face: it might have good EV (although in this pic the character seems annoyed/grumpy/sad) but it is not outstanding or eye-catching (I think mundane subjects should be of really high quality, while outstanding subjects can be of lower technical quality to be worth featuring). Nergaal (talk) 05:08, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The expression actually made it stand out, to me; it just screams "football manager". I guess I could attempt an alternative crop myself at some point, if no one else fancies giving it a go. J Milburn (talk) 09:05, 20 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Support cropped The grimming face makes the picture more interesting imo. I don't know why, but this picture reminds me of a painting by René Magritte.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 19:31, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

— Mae din\ talk 07:24, 30 November 2010 (UTC)