Original - Jimmy Wales, the founder of the Wikimedia Foundation, in 2008Edit 1 cropped & colour balanced, fixed colour profile
Reason
In my opinion, this is probably the best image of
JimboWales that we have. It had a
Picture peer review in February 2009, where several editors thought it could be a possible candidate for FP.
Support as nominator --
NW(
Talk) 16:14, 28 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment. Well, it has significance, but the crop seems a bit tight to me - more of a headshot than a portrait. Is it just me or does he have a bit of a
Kevin Costner look in this one?
Diliff |
(Talk)(Contribs) 16:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Kevin Costner, you say? Hmmm. Don't see it myself ;)
And a headshot does make more sense than a portrait. The crop that you mentioned is about 300px on both sides of his face - maybe slightly tight, but still fine for a headshot, I think.
NW(
Talk) 16:24, 28 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Weak support the I'd prefer a less tight crop, especially at the bottom, and the DOF seems a bit shallow. Not enough for an oppose though.
Time3000 (
talk) 16:57, 28 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Support, accurate portrayal of the subject, among Wikipedia's best images of living people.
Guest9999 (
talk) 19:19, 28 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose - insufficient DOF. Why was this shot at 200mm? Very easily replaceable (plus vain Wikipedia is vain).
MER-C 09:07, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment - 200mm is a pretty standard portrait length these days, especially considering this was taken with a full frame body, the high focal length serves to flatten the features which is considered aesthetically pleasing. -
Flying Freddy (
talk) 09:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
I don't think that's true. Typical portrait lenses are 85-135mm. Obviously a portrait can be taken with any lens I suppose, but 200mm is far less hand-holdable and impractical to shoot with unless you really need reach, and you just don't for portraits.
Diliff |
(Talk)(Contribs) 10:15, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Support- Yup, sharp, plus Jimbo gets a bonus. ceranthor 12:23, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment - Well, no comment on the nomination, due to COI. :-) I just wanted to flag that I'm not sure the attribution is correct. I believe this is one of the shots taken by Manuel Archain of Buenos Aires, Argentina. But I need to research that to be sure. I think my assistant emailed it to someone around the time of the fundraiser and the attribution got lost. So, before this one makes it (or not), I'd like to be sure we get that exactly right. I will check over the next 24 hours.--
Jimbo Wales (
talk) 13:25, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment - Attribution confirmed and fixed.--
Jimbo Wales (
talk) 22:33, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Conditional Support of Kevin Costner, for when his attribution is updated. wadester16 14:21, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Weak Oppose Shallow DOF, as well as some vignetting. SpencerT♦Nominate! 15:51, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
oppose if the consensus was that wikipetan was to self-referential, then so is this.
deBivort 20:02, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Allow me to point out that Wales has his own article, while Wikipetan was representing a concept. SpencerT♦Nominate! 02:24, 30 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose Background has rather poor color choice. There is poor control of catch-lights in eyes. I would prefer a slightly more side-on view of the face since, given the size of this guys forehead, a centered frontal exaggerates this. I would prefer slightly more directional lighting that is more horizontally displaced than vertically. I would prefer that the subjects eyes were not so wide-open (poor posing and choice of shot). etc. -
Fcb981(
talk:
contribs) 20:32, 29 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Support high-detailed photograph of subject. While I would prefer a profile that is not 100% face-front, this is still really good. —
harej (
talk) (
cool!) 03:48, 30 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose—You can't get away from the way the chin is almost cut off by the frame: cramped appearance. And the background colour isn't wonderful.
Tony(talk) 02:34, 31 July 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment The chin is further away from the bottom edge than the hair is from the top edge. wadester16 07:33, 1 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support - Highly detailed image, extremely crisp. Very clean, professional portrait.
Gage (
talk) 03:29, 1 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Weak support edit 1 It's poorly-focussed and badly-lit alright but you can't dispute the EV ;-) If we must promote it, please lets have one like the edit, with an sRGB colour profile so he doesn't get a fake tan when you click on it, and a little brighter and neutral enough so that he looks reasonably healthy. I've also cropped it more appropriately for the headshot it is: I think most of the objections to the framing have been due to an excess of space at the top/left, rather than a too-tight crop at the bottom. --
mikaultalk 10:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Incidentally, has anyone noticed how much he looks like
Jimmy Wales? --
mikaultalk 10:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose— It is a fine photograph in may respects, but inadequate lighting contributes to poor definition of the lower facial features - there is severe blurring of the chin/beard with its shadow.
Ohconfucius (
talk) 06:22, 3 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support - I believe this image has good resolution, detail, DoF and EV. Enough characteristics to become a FP. -
☩Damërung☩. -- 20:36, 4 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support either, prefer edit 1. I think portraits have a very difficult time getting through, and this one is clearly above average. I'm not a big fan of the tight crop, but it's good enough for me.
Diliff |
(Talk)(Contribs) 21:15, 4 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Weak Oppose I'm tempted to support per Diliff, but I think if we're going to feature a picture of Jimmy Wales, we should insist upon the highest possible quality.
Makeemlighter (
talk) 22:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support per nice photo and, Jimbo, we love you, man.--
Jimmy xu wrk (
talk) 16:15, 6 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Support - Smashing picture of
Jimbo, It would be good to see it as a FP.
Harlem675 10:36, 8 August 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose per FCB1. Also not a fan of the cropping.
South Nashua (
talk) 16:43, 22 January 2017 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Jimmy Wales Fundraiser Appeal edit.jpg --
Shoemaker's HolidayOver
184 FCs served 00:47, 9 August 2009 (UTC)reply