Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Whig Primary, 1848

Whig Primary, 1848

 * Reason:A compelling illustration of national level politics in the United States at the close of the Mexican-American War. Political cartoon depicts a man in military uniform sitting atop a pile of skulls, which could represent either Zachary Taylor or Winfield Scott during the presidential primary race of 1848.  Published by Nathaniel Currier of Currier & Ives fame, before the partnership.  Restored version of File:Whig primary 1848.jpg.
 * Articles this image appears in:Whig Party (United States), Nathaniel Currier
 * Creator:N. Currier


 * Support as nominator -- Durova  331 04:26, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The larger the image, the less crisp it gets. Can you do anything about that or was the image that way originally. It might help to redo the contrast, as there is no true black in the image.  Nezzadar   ☎   04:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support a picture can always be downsized in order to get this "effect". Another great thing about the way Durova works is that if you want to, you can. GerardM (talk) 05:36, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: Could we possibly see this one with a higher contrast? J Milburn (talk) 11:23, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I think Durova is a specialist in that.  Nezzadar   ☎   14:12, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Edit Yes, she is an expert in that...  Nezzadar   ☎   15:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Support edit, on the condition it is swapped into the articles (obviously). Valuable and high quality image. J Milburn (talk) 22:16, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. :) Durova  332 03:06, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support edit  upstate NYer  03:09, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support edit Great crisp, quality useful image. ~ Arjun  23:15, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support edit Interesting. Staxringold talkcontribs 01:59, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I really have no preference between Edits 1 and 2. Staxringold talkcontribs 17:22, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

--jjron (talk) 12:49, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose Original and Edit 1: Surely it's not necessary to have a blue cast at the top and bottom of the picture, and pink in the middle? Photoshop has filters for that, and even without them some desaturation followed by a curves adjustment should fix it. Desaturation would alo get rid of the technicolour artefacting viewable at full res.  Shoemaker's Holiday Over 213 FCs served 14:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Edit 2 uploaded, Support Edit 2. Shoemaker's Holiday Over 213 FCs served 15:15, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Support edit 2 The removal of the blue space was a nice addition. ~ Arjun  19:15, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * GF Support of Edit 2 assuming SH is right about the colors, which I think he is.  upstate NYer  20:41, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Support Edit 2 Honestly, the poster looks whitewashed in its origional form. Blasphemy as it is, a little color seems to help the image.  Nezzadar   ☎   05:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC)