Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway
Voting period ends on 15 Dec 2010 at 23:09:49 (UTC)
 * Reason:A great photo of jazz icon Cab Calloway. A better image in terms of showing what he looks like compared to the Billie Holiday photo below. Extra EV from seeing him singing. I love that the sheet music includes some of his trademark slang words like "hep".
 * Articles in which this image appears:Cab Calloway
 * FP category for this image:Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
 * Creator:William Gottlieb


 * Support as nominator --Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:09, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - A well-composed portrait. High EV. Don't see any problems with it. Kaldari (talk) 21:37, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose. Sorry, the composition seems a little awkward to me. J Milburn (talk) 17:14, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support - actually, I quite like the composition. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 19:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Is it possible to blur the two vertical dark lines? They are distracting. Nergaal (talk) 20:18, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Support For its historical value. SMasters (talk) 09:07, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose until the dark vertical lines are repaired. I will support if that's fixed.  Jujutacular  talk 15:15, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that's the paneling in the wall. Is that something that's permissible to clone out? I can make a version without the lines later today, but I'm not sure it's desirable... Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:52, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh! You're right. It would probably be undesirable to clone out in that case. I support.  Jujutacular  talk 18:02, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Why? It's just a distracting background for a B&W picture. Nergaal (talk) 02:21, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * If the lines were damages to the image, sure, but in this case they were physically there on the wall behind him. It's fairly insignificant, so I wouldn't oppose if it were changed, but for me digital manipulation should only be used to restore what was originally there.  Jujutacular  talk 02:25, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 23:37, 15 December 2010 (UTC)