Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Marine da nang.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jan 2015 at 18:26:53 (UTC)

Reason: Poor colour balance; red in shadows, green in highlights, ~~low resolution~~. Restored version has better colour balance ~~and higher resolution~~.
Articles this image appears in: Adolescence Vietnam War 3rd Marine Division (United States) FNG syndrome (some currently have the unrestored NARA version)
Previous nomination/s

Delist & Replace — (Hohum ^@) 18:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm not an expert in photo images, but the second image is so dark that it is hard to see any details. Regarding the "green highlights" in the first picture, are there highlights in the face, neck, shirt and hands that are so green that they look unnatural? I don't think so. Everything has green in it maybe because the things really were green. Based on my unexpert eye, I prefer the first image. CorinneSD (talk) 00:46, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

the FP is sharper, and file size: is‎ 1,992 × 3,000 pixels, ‎versus 1,953 × 2,934 pixels ... Hafspajen (talk) 01:00, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Struck out my resolution comment, for some reason I was looking at the original upload size in the FPs history. (Hohum ^@) 01:05, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Open the images in two browser windows at full resolution, flip between them and tell me you think the current FP is sharper, has more detail, and the skin tone is correct. I can't see it. (Hohum ^@) 01:24, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I think it is slightly just slightly sharper. Like when watching that chain around his neck. We will see what the others think. Hafspajen (talk) 02:09, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think the current FP's been Denoised. The film grain's been removed, and probably some sharpening applied, this makes some bits look better, but at the cost of damage to other bits. For example, the hands are a lot better looking on the replacement. Also, brightness makes things sharper - it's like when my father takes photos on gloomy days, then changes them all until they look "bright and sunny" - it might look good, but whether it's a fair representation, that's another question. On the whole, I think the replacement's better, so Delist and replace, although I may fiddle and do an alt.Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How about the sizes? Hafspajen (talk) 13:49, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, that was interesting, when I put up this gallery. Hohum is actually having a point. Hafspajen (talk) 16:25, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delist and replace - Now that I see the images larger, I guess the colors in the replacement image are more natural. CorinneSD (talk) 01:43, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support delist & replace – More realistic. Sca (talk) 13:42, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The colors are better in the original. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:13, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Yann> — Crisco 1492 (talk) 18:11, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:31, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]