Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Natalya Naryshkina

Natalya Naryshkina
Voting period ends on 21 Jun 2015  at 01:06:52 (UTC)
 * Reason:Although this may not be the most technically competent portrait, it is contemporary to this empress, the quality of the scan is good, and the EV is high for the article.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Natalya Naryshkina +1
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
 * Creator:Unknown


 * Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:06, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - Good scan; although I'd like to see a better article on the Tsaritsa, it provides sufficient EV. SagaciousPhil  - Chat 16:17, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support – Yann (talk) 08:42, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment As this was probably painted when she was a widow, I understand the gloominess, but it's still a very dark image - even after playing around with my monitor's settings a lot, I'm struggling to see the outline of her head and shoulders. I'd prefer a version with better contrast here (like this image of an inferior copy), but I understand that might affect the authenticity of the image. (The original image shows burnt-out highlights on the uprights of the frame, and pitch-black shadows on the horizontals, so I guess the scan already used a fairly tight dynamic range - it is, I concede, a naturally dark image.) Smurrayinchester 09:43, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, they definitely tried to get as much dynamic range as possible. I am personally quite uncomfortable with digitally editing the image any further. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:32, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Not a great painting, but historically important. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:31, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Important image even if the painting isn't the most exciting ever (though the artist has tried to jazz it up a bit: look at the motion lines as her arms spin round) Belle (talk) 14:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Support --PetarM (talk) 14:31, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 04:11, 21 June 2015 (UTC)