Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Igor Stravinsky LOC 32392u.jpg

Igor Stravinsky
Voting period ends on 17 Mar 2023  at 17:16:15 (UTC)
 * Reason:This photoportrait is one of the most widely used photos of Stravinsky across Wikimedia projects and is essential to Wikimedia Commons' collection. It's a high quality image for FP.
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 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
 * Creator:Bain News Service


 * Support as nominator – MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:16, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 16:10, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment Needs a bit of restoration (white specks & scratches). Janke | Talk 08:03, 8 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Agree with Janke. If this is restored, I'll probably support, but without restoration oppose for now. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:45, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments, I've done a bit of restoration work by removing the white dots and the scratch. I uploaded the new version, but I realize I uploaded it to the original file instead of under a new filename- sorry about that. I hope it's good now. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 14:08, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Forgot to ping Janke. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 22:09, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * His eye has started bulging and turned... brown. I was referring more to something like this (before, after): still true to the original, but with the ravages of time turned back. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Seriously botched restoration. Please re-instate previous version. Janke | Talk 09:24, 10 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Strong oppose the last (9 March 2023) version. Please compare the original (Sep 2020) version with the last (9 March 2023) version. Everything in the image has become pixelated and the whole face changed (I suppose this is an AI regeneration), and curiously the eyes gained colour. Please note that the face in the original photo is out of focus (the focus is on his elbow and vaguely on the score) and this can't be restored. I would rather support the original version, even if technically not perfect. Also, per Commons overwriting rules the crop should be loaded on a separate file. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 11:46, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks to everyone for the comments- I hadn't noticed the coloring change after exporting it, I don't know what happened; my knowledge in photo restoration is limited. I'm suspending this nomination for now and will renominate it once I've fixed the problems. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you again for your initial comments and reviews. I've since uploaded a new restoration attempt and I'm removing it from suspension. My main changes were removing the two major scratches and removing some white specs. Thoughts on the new version? MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 01:45, 11 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Still not a perfect restoration, some white, and also black dust spots (e.g. on partiture). Janke | Talk 11:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for taking another look. I've improved it further. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:36, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Support now. --Janke | Talk 20:00, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – Thanks for your dedication in restoring the photo. It seems satisfactory to me now. I saw also that you saved the last version with less JPEG compression. I have struck through my previous vote. Indeed, this is an essential, high quality photo with high EV. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 11:33, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:44, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 17:20, 17 March 2023 (UTC)