Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Skepchickal

Skepchickal
Voting period ends on 18 May 2014  at 19:53:09 (UTC)
 * Reason:High EV, high quality photograph, free-use licensed by Ragesoss, no unnecessary digital manipulation.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Adrianne Wadewitz
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
 * Creator:Ragesoss


 * Support as nominator – &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:53, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: The caption above is the same as used previously at "Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz". &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:53, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:21, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose I appreciate that people want to memorialize Wadewitz, but I don't really think that this photo is FP quality. It cuts to blur too quickly, the left-side background is distracting, and I don't like the half-shadow on the face.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  23:03, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Is there a way you could suggest specific recommendations on how the photograph could be edited so you feel it could be improved in quality? &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:37, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm really not the person to ask on questions of photo editing; I own a DSLR that I barely know how to use, and have never edited a RAW file. I'm not sure it's possible to correct some of the lighting issues once the photo has been taken though. This is also    S ven M anguard  19:55, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, understood, no worries. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 20:06, 9 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Sven. This is a useful photo of a much-respected and greatly missed member of our community, but I'm afraid it simply isn't a FP standard portrait: the lighting and composition aren't great, the background is distracting and there doesn't appear to be any offsetting unique EV. Nick-D (talk) 08:36, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Agreed, lighting, pose and depth of field are all sub-par. Objectively speaking, it's not one of our best portraits. &#208;iliff    &#171;&#187;  (Talk)  10:10, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 19:58, 18 May 2014 (UTC)