Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

 * Reason:I believe that this on par with the other featured black and white photographic portraits that we have.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Jack Kerouac
 * Creator:Tom Palumbo


 * Support as nominator --Sir Richardson (talk) 02:46, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose Mainly it's too small. Sometimes we make exceptions for historical images, but for 60's, we would expect larger. Most if not all of our B&W FPs are larger; we have a larger portrait of Edgar Allen Poe taken more than 100 years before this shot. On the plus side, it's the only image we have of Kerouac in the article which is kind of surprising. Also I think you've overdone it with the contrast boost - we've lost some shadow detail and it changed the appearance of his hair and shirt, even if it does make the skin more dramatic. The edit also caused or brought out jpeg artifacts in the background. Fletcher (talk) 04:41, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I wrote up a long email to send to the address listed on his website to request a large resolution, but unfortunately address was invalid. I share Fletcher's concerns.  Jujutacular  T · C 05:01, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose as above. Possible an excellent valued picture candidate. J Milburn (talk) 16:41, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Can we close this? You can re-nominate when the larger resolution becomes available. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 18:05, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 11:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Per WP:SNOW. Makeemlighter (talk) 11:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)