Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hou Yifan

Hou Yifan
Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2019  at 14:24:54 (UTC)
 * Reason:The size is massive, so the fact that it's somewhat grainy at full resolution isn't much of an issue: A slight downscale,, say, would show it still has loads of quality to it. I like the action pose. It's an excellent photo of the highest-ranking female chess player in the world.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Hou Yifan
 * FP category for this image:Either Featured pictures/People/Sport or Featured pictures/People/Others
 * Creator:Andreas Kontokanis


 * Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about % of all FPs 14:24, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Support – I love the game -- DreamSparrow  Chat   16:56, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Support It's a shame about the glare on her glasses, but it would have been unavoidable and this is otherwise an excellent portrait. The EV is very strong. Nick-D (talk) 23:04, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Photographing someone at a tournament has advantages and disadvantages. The great atmosphere and poses are advantages, but things like the glare... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about % of all FPs 23:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The trade-off seems worthwhile here: the fact that the photo depicts the subject playing chess at a tournament (the reason for her notability) more than offsets the glare issue. Nick-D (talk) 04:03, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Support – I uploaded a slightly denoised version. The image was shot at ISO 1250, the noise/grain showed at full size, especially the white parts of the eyeballs were distracting. The denoise radius is 1 pixel so effectively no loss in details. Bammesk (talk) 00:47, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I would like to support this, but I find the lens flares to be too distracting. MER-C 05:02, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * If you mean the bright circles to the left of her face, this image shows more of them, and these images,  show what they are. Being part of the bokeh and not too bright, I am Ok with it, given the EV. Bammesk (talk) 15:10, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That should make it easier to perform a selective darkening. I don't care if it is removed completely, it just needs to be darkened enough to not be distracting. MER-C 05:43, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think any of the participants would mind if you make the change and upload on top of the existing file, or as separate file. Bammesk (talk) 16:24, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Done. Still a little distracting, but definitely better. Support. Revert if unwanted. MER-C 08:06, 2 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment – Black is tough to photograph, but her hair looks rather inky. Sca (talk) 22:02, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Oppose It is grainy and I find the glasses distracting. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:54, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 15:48, 9 January 2019 (UTC)