Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Coronation of Napoleon

The Coronation of Napoleon

 * Reason:Here we have one of the most famous Imperial coronation ceremonies every painted: that of Napoleon, crowning himself Emperor. This famous image appears with a large number of history texts that discuss Napoleons rise to the throne and was twice featured in my studies of the time period. I was rather suprised to find that such a well known image had never been nominated for FP status on Wikipedia, so I decided to do the nominating myself. The image is large and as noted above is historically famous, though I leave it to our contributors to determine its worth as an FPC. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Articles this image appears in:Jacques-Louis David, Emperor, 1804, Crown of Napoleon, Sign of contradiction, Universal power, The Coronation of Napoleon
 * Creator:Jacques-Louis David


 * Support as nominator --TomStar81 (Talk) 04:02, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Obviously, I haven't studied the original in depth, but this seems to hae a very strong yellow cast. Is all of that explained by aged varnish? Secondly, the image is interlaced: Wikipedia's thumbnailing software can have trouble with that, so it'd be wise to switch to non-interlaced. Other than those issues, I'd be happy to support this or a deyellowed version.  Shoemaker's Holiday Over 189 FCs served 08:27, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This snap shows the painting in its setting, apparently under daylight. Our version looks a tad warm by comparison, I agree. I suspect it's had a contrast boost and that's upped the saturation, which has exaggerated what's probably just a tiny colour shift. I'd be wary of desaturating/flattening it (ie undoing adjustments) as it would degrade detail and definition. Source link is bust, too. --mikaultalk 21:26, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Could always do a yellow-blue balance shift, though. I might try that Shoemaker's Holiday Over 189 FCs served 22:48, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * For consideration - I've uploaded an edit. However, it should be noted that the image is missing a small part of the painting on the right and possibly bottom; the top and left seem more accurate. Shoemaker's Holiday Over 192 FCs served 00:48, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Alt1 Though both are good, Alt 1 does tone down the yellow nicely (so the white robes are really white). Staxringold talkcontribs 20:05, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Alt: From what I can tell from other sources, the amount cut off is so minimal as to be almost non-existent. The white balance in Shoe's edit is an improvement.   Mae din \talk 12:03, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

--Ottava Rima (talk) 14:17, 22 August 2009 (UTC)