Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The White House
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- Reason
- A fairly major work in the development of photographic framing, mixing casual and formal in one photo. A good exemplar of a major photographer.
- Articles in which this image appears
- James Craig Annan, Camera Work
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
- Creator
- James Craig Annan, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 20:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Picture is a bit blurry, no? – Howard🌽33 21:22, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Somewhat expected from a photogravure. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 22:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- For the record, reading up more, a lot of the blurring was apparently added intentionally in post-processing. It's meant to give it the impression of a painting, and, honestly, it does kind of fit in with the way paintings were composed in that period. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 13:17, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- Somewhat expected from a photogravure. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 22:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I'd love to know why this was considered as an example framing etc. It has no artistic merit as a composition to my eyes. So much wrong with it. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know what I mean when I say that the first people to do things can sometimes do them a lot less well than they'd be done later? This is photography composition before the refinement, kind of major because it attempted to get multiple levels and has prominent people in a landscape shot. It's bold in that it daringly broke the rules. Other people would later break the rules a lot better. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 22:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, but it does seem rather blah. -- Sca (talk) 15:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- If this really got people to do things differently, then OK; but not if it was a poorly-executed attempt. We need THE image that broke the mould... Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps a good agreement might be: if I withdraw this, and if I can get an article on the image itself (as opposed to just in Annan's article), or an article on the house itself, we relook at it? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 13:12, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Sca and Charlesjsharp: Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 16:54, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- If this really got people to do things differently, then OK; but not if it was a poorly-executed attempt. We need THE image that broke the mould... Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, but it does seem rather blah. -- Sca (talk) 15:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know what I mean when I say that the first people to do things can sometimes do them a lot less well than they'd be done later? This is photography composition before the refinement, kind of major because it attempted to get multiple levels and has prominent people in a landscape shot. It's bold in that it daringly broke the rules. Other people would later break the rules a lot better. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 22:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Withdraw for now Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 00:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC)