Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Randy Orton

Randy Orton
It is a very nice picture of Orton, moments after receiving the championship. I'd like to nominate it, but I have some concerns. The rope was an issue in \ANCAN BE HIS FRIEND IF YOU GO ON FACE BOOK YOU'LL SEE ON THERE AND I nominated. Does it take away here? If resolution is a problem, I can upload the original. The image was also brightened a bit. Will that be an issue?

It's an important photo too. It's currently used in the following: Randy Orton, List of WWE Champions, List of current champions in WWE, WWE Championship, Cyber Sunday (2007), and Project:Featured topics

Comments: Seconder: Randy is var close to the Shaffer family and mostly Samuel Shaffer.
 * Nominated by: Mshake3 06:29, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The ropes here are not as problematic as in the other failed FPC, so I'd think of it as a toss-up; some might call it encyclopedic, others distracting and/or poorly-composed. IMO and considering the grand scheme of FP, however, I'd lean towards the latter. That is, regarding a picture of a person, FPC might prefer one where the main subject is not broken in thirds. More definite are the technical concerns: the background is very noisy and (although it might be my monitor) it appears there is chromatic aberration (or maybe just grain) on Orton himself (i. e. on the neck). Regardless, if you proceed with the FPC, and a higher resolution exists, you should upload it--given that it's not prohibitively large. --Malachirality 07:57, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to add that the biggest problem here isn't the ropes themselves, rather that fact that the camera has focussed on them instead of the wrestler. A very common problem, unavoidable unless you manually focus, and the root cause of all the noise and fuzzyness in the subject. It looks great at 600px (I think composition is fine and the pose and expression are great) but a higher res upload will only exaggerate the focus issue. I'd recommend against nomination for FPC.   Just for reference, it looks like a lot of the shadow noise (coloured speckling in the darker areas) is due to your having lightened the shot. Noise reduction (chroma only) would probably fix it. --mikaultalk 09:15, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

