Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Headless One Throwing his head out...again

The Headless One Throwing his head out...again
Voting period ends on 23 Jan 2015  at 12:17:38 (UTC)
 * Reason:This Halloween friendly perfect quality high EV picture says it all. Still doubt why the last nom failed..
 * Articles in which this image appears:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations or Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings (probably the latter)
 * Creator:John Quidor


 * Support as nominator Only those voters must turn up for voting who really can tolerate such a shot of head (the pumpkin) which had actually killed(?) Ichabod.. – The Herald : here I am 12:17, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Regretful oppose - the shadows are completely black, no structure whatsoever (= lost info). Can it be fixed? (PS: last nom failed because of too few votes...) --Janke | Talk 16:29, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support (again) — Tells the quintessential (American) Halloween story. Sca (talk) 17:10, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - I don't know if the shadows being completely black is a problem, but it is, after all, the middle of the night. It is a moonlit scene deep in the woods. Perhaps some completely black shadows are appropriate? See Legend of Sleepy Hollow for the story. CorinneSD (talk) 21:18, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: However black the shadows are (and the artist intended them to be), a scan should show some detail. Otherwise it is certain that information has been lost in the scanning process. Ideally, you should see some faint brush-marks or structure even in the darkest parts. Edit: Look at the histogram in Photoshop, Gimp or some other editor, it is clipped at the dark end! --Janke | Talk 09:19, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Confused muuch --The Herald : here I am 10:54, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * A side note: I noticed that this image is in the article on John Quidor twice, once at the top and once in the gallery. CorinneSD (talk) 23:24, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅..--The Herald : here I am 08:36, 16 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Support: per nom and echoing Sca. Fylbecatulous talk 17:33, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Support I don't think there's any substantial lost detail. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:56, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 12:20, 23 January 2015 (UTC)