Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Vincent van Gogh - Almond blossom - Google Art Project.jpg

Almond blossom
Voting period ends on 19 Jul 2014  at 17:33:47 (UTC) "It was sun that Van Gogh sought in Provence, a brilliance and light that would wash out detail and simplify forms, reducing the world around him to the sort of pattern he admired in Japanese woodblocks.  in this folder. – Editør (talk) 10:40, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Reason: From the National Gallery of Art's "Effects of the Sun in Provence (citation):
 * Did they seriously leave that folder open to the public? There's a plug-in for Gimp which allows people to put this together easily. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:42, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * All files used for the zoom function are in open folders. – Editør (talk) 10:51, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for that. I'll try and put together their Potato Eaters if I can Coat of Many Colours (talk) 22:44, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Got the tiles. It's a straight forward 14 x 10 mosaic (at level 4). Ill stitch them with Mathematica, but it will involve some string manipulations opening files I don't normally do, so it will be a day or two I expect while I clue up on that. Should be 3586x2517 pixels and I'll overwrite Commons:File:Van-willem-vincent-gogh-die-kartoffelesser-03850.jpg with it, but I can tell you right now someone will come along and lighten it to their satisfaction. Still I'll have done my best. Thanks very much for pointing me to the folders. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 00:06, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Done at Commons:File:Van-willem-vincent-gogh-die-kartoffelesser-03850.jpg: I've included the code in the File Description for other Mathematica users who might like to upload other images. I'll see if the VGM has a better version of Starry Night and maybe upload others. I'll do this one as well. Thanks for the heads up on the folders.Coat of Many Colours (talk) 19:29, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Nice! – Editør (talk) 10:14, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It seems wise to check all versions on Commons first, because the image of Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette on the Van Gogh Museum website is not better than the one in the article. – Editør (talk) 10:35, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, that right. Starry Night (which is is in any case at MoMA) is represented on Commons by a massive 200 Mb something file. But I'll probably stitch and upload the much lower, but still high, resolution VGM offers to a separate file, Coat of Many Colours (talk) 10:56, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Having had another look at it, I've also nominated the skull painting, because it is such high quality image. – Editør (talk) 11:41, 13 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Support Lol at the no idea thumbnail.  ///Euro Car  GT  19:43, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Yann (talk) 19:50, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Looks like it needs a crop. Kaldari (talk) 22:12, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Do you mean the ~3 black pixels on the right and bottom? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:37, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There are thin lines visible at the bottom and on the right. – Editør (talk) 10:41, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * That's exactly what I meant. Does he mean this, or is there a more serious issue that I can't see? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:08, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I imagine it can be cropped. Hafspajen (talk) 18:16, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Alright, trimmed. They were one pixel thick. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:25, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support – Editør (talk) 08:02, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. A brilliant reproduction of a stunning painting. I feel Commons:Template:Artwork would be a helpful addition. J Milburn (talk) 10:19, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:22, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 17:40, 19 July 2014 (UTC)