Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dugout home

Dugout home

 * Reason:Early color photograph from 1940 of a dugout home inhabited by a New Mexico homesteader. Restored version of File:Dugout home.jpg.  A compressed courtesy copy available upon request.
 * Articles this image appears in:Dugout (shelter), Homestead Act
 * Creator:Lee Russell


 * Support as nominator -- Durova  364 23:47, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Coffee //  have a cup  //  ark  // 23:51, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Support I love the colors in older photos like this. That blue just looks bluer (and not in an electric blue sort of way). Staxringold talkcontribs 05:04, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Support. Encyclopedic value. Mostlyharmless (talk) 07:01, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Support It has the wow missing here + the good value --H92110 (talk) 07:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I know this is a 1940 color picture, but the level and color do not look right. Could you give alternatives? Caspian blue 08:12, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * There actually wasn't any repositioning of the end points on the histogram: just a very mild tweak of the midrange in curves. Did a 2% radial gradient brightness mask to reduce the vignetting and brought down the yellow slightly in dark and midtones to take the green cast out of the sky.  Compare balance to the unrestored version.  If you'd like a separate go at the final edits would be glad to send you the interim restoration, but am unable to upload that version because it exceeds the 100MB upload limit as a TIFF file.  Durova  366 23:58, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome to tweak it too. And if you want I'll send the interim restoration.  Couldn't upload because it's over 100MB.  Durova  366 02:35, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for the detailed explanation. What if you just test the histogram with the picture in a much smaller size like 1200x800 pixels? Or just adjusting the sky color a bit? --Caspian blue 01:42, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Support nice to see such old old colour pictures... GerardM (talk) 11:55, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Definitely screams EV and draws the viewer in to want to know more about this. — raeky ( talk 09:22, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

-- Zoo Fari  06:30, 21 November 2009 (UTC)