Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Prokudin-Gorskii

Prokudin-Gorskii's self-portrait[edit]

Self-portrait of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii.
Early color photograph from Russia, created by Prokudin-Gorskii as part of his work to document the Russian Empire from 1909 to 1915.

Reason: It is a beautiful picture. I think that its quality is very high for a picture taken so early.
Articles this image appears in: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Photography, Color photography, Karolitskhali River
Creator: Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
Nominator: Tomer T

Support — Tomer T 12:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Already featured. Bnynms 16:22, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Oops, that's for commons. Bnynms 16:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Astonishing. Great enc value, really evocative capture. My only grumble is the outrageous file size.. I have a 2mb connection and I nearly gave up waiting for the big version. Do we really need >8Mb images here? mikaul 17:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Not nearly anywhere close to Prokudin-Gorskii's best work. What's the featured pictures we have already by P-G? The emir and the monastery, right? ~ trialsanderrors 18:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support either, because I think it's particularly important since it is the author's self-portrait. gren グレン 03:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- as does this one (added as alternative). ~ trialsanderrors 07:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SupportA very serene image. I like the alternative less, partly because of the wrtiting on the stone, and the white clothing. But they're both nice. --Janke | Talk 09:12, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
weak oppose - doesn't illustrate the river as well as a modern image would. As for illustrating this photographic technique, fine, but we already have multiple FPs illustrating the technique. As for illustrating the photographer, both are pretty mediocre. Debivort 09:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I want to disagree about illustrating the author. It doesn't clearly show him but I think the picture say something important about him and his work... so, while it may not be a portrait, its effect ends up illustrating him (as an idea) just as well. gren グレン 03:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support original I really like this picture for some reason, although I'm not entirely sure why, but seems to be good quality for it's age (weak because I can see Debivorts point to some degree).Terri G 16:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Reguardless of texture, resolution, etc. of the first two pictures, which I'm no expert in, I oppose the two pictures, because the man is only one small bit of a larger picture. These are supposed to be portraits of a man, not pictures of scenery with a man plopped right in. The first two present a duality of focus that shouldn't be in such pictures, with focus drawn to both the scenery and the person. Kevin 23:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support either per above. ^8thstar 01:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. We have better P-G images. howcheng {chat} 19:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 04:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]