Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Della H. Raney

Della H. Raney
Voting period ends on 19 Sep 2020  at 22:39:39 (UTC)
 * Reason:A fairly charming image of the first African American nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Rather like her wooden name plaque and it's clever positioning in the photo as almost a caption.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Della H. Raney
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Military
 * Creator:Uncredited photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden


 * Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 22:39, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Support Nice image. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  23:10, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Support – how about brightening the left side a bit? It looks to me like a scanning problem rather than a photographic or lighting feature. Bammesk (talk) 03:13, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I thought it was lighting, but it is a bit extreme, so I've lightened it a bit. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 23:56, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * This was shot with a flash and that's the primary light source (see her neck, also the wall and window trims have a similar shadow). Flash doesn't leave a rectangular gradient on one side (left side), so the dark left side is not a feature of the photo. It can be corrected fully IMO. . . . Here are some possibilities of what could have happened: 1-the photo wasn't scanned properly (it can happen with flatbed scanners, similar to photocopy machines), or 2-something was partially impeding the path of the flash light on the left side (and vertically), this is unlikely given the well-defined shadows on the wall trims, also unlikely given nothing is impeding the path of the lens, or 3-the negative wasn't handled/developed properly. In any case, the dark left side is not a feature of the photo, so I think it is Ok to fix it. Bammesk (talk) 01:59, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * There's a definite shadow on the left side of her face. That makes me presume the lighting isn't centred. I could be wrong, but I believe a flash at the time would be the old flash pans, not one on the camera. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 02:14, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree, it is not an on-camera flash, and it is positioned slightly off center. Nonetheless the primary source is one flash, placed near the camera and above the lens. Bammesk (talk) 02:49, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * With slight reluctance, ✅. Given the clear reflection off of the one box in the upper mid-left, the upper left-centre clearly should be lighter than the bit left of that, though. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.4% of all FPs 03:35, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Definitely an improvement. At first I thought her name was some kind of watermark :-) Bammesk (talk) 03:56, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's a cheeky addition of a wooden nameplate, and I kind of.... really like it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 05:33, 11 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Support Good EV, and an interesting portrait. I'm also a fan of the nameplate, and want one just like it for my desk at work. Nick-D (talk) 11:09, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'd suggest getting your own name. One just like it would be odd, unless you were a nurse of the same name and rank. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 19:45, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Dunno, it probably wouldn't be the weirdest thing my colleagues have seen me do. Nick-D (talk) 04:39, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:39, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. MER-C 16:45, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Support – DreamSparrow  Chat   03:55, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 22:47, 19 September 2020 (UTC)