Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Plan B

Plan B
Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2012 at 22:40:52 (UTC)
 * Reason:Like the Beth Shak image below, this promo shot of musician Plan B was uploaded by The Rambling Man. It was taken by photographer James Dillon and has been released to Commons through the OTRS.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Plan B (musician)
 * FP category for this image:People/Entertainment
 * Creator:James Dillon


 * Support as nominator --A Thousand Doors (talk &#124; contribs) 22:40, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose It is great when professional pictures of artists get donated. This is certainly a useful picture for the article. But it is too small to be featured quality. Also the chap's fringe shows some artefacts, perhaps over-sharpening when downsized from 21MP to 1.9MP. As a pose, I think we should see a little more of the eyes than we do. Colin°Talk 07:20, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems that saying "it is too small to be featured quality" is too decisive a statement to be in accord with either the old or new criteria, as both allow for unique images (and the latest one also for "difficult" images). Samsara (FA • FP) 09:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * There's nothing about this image that justifies its tiny resized-for-web size, other than that was the limit the generosity of the donation (though sometimes the contributor actually thinks we'd prefer smaller picture, perhaps to save disk space, or because the don't see why we'd need a larger one if we only show it as a 240px thumbnail). I don't see any reason to make an allowance for the minimum size requirement. It is a deeply ordinary shot anyway. We'll start featuring any old shot that is in focus and reasonbly exposed next... Colin°Talk 10:55, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Not sure that this promo shot is the best candidate for a featured picture, generally speaking, because it shows what the album label/photographer wants you to see, rather what the person is really like. Well, unless this guy is camera-shy anyway. Agree with Colin, the lack of visibility of his face doesn't help. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  08:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose agree that more visibility of the face is preferable. Pine✉ 07:46, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak Oppose I like the lighting and the backdrop, but overall the gazing-out-into-the-distance composition just seems awkward... --Fir0002 10:32, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose I agree with most of the other oppose reasons. Simple portraits obviously do not have mitigating circumstances for the size not meeting the criteria. --99of9 (talk) 12:46, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose Per above. The composition is excellent, but his not looking at the camera takes away from the EV considerably. Dusty 777 01:59, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 03:05, 27 July 2012 (UTC)