Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:George Clooney 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) 3.jpg

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 18:41, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, the arm position is awkward, and the photo needs some image touching such as adjusting the level, and saturation not to look the actor pale.--Caspian blue 19:09, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1. The lighting is quite flat (probably strong flash?) but for an 'event' style portrait, it's fairly good and clear. His (false) teeth are quite scary though. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 19:10, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose, largely per Caspian blue -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 01:12, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support per nom and Diliff. Flash is a bit harsh, but otherwise pretty good portrait for a notable celebrity. --jjron (talk) 07:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: Preference to Original in terms of framing (and yes, I agree the arm is a bit awkward, but there's something about the framing of the alt that nonetheless makes me prefer the original). --jjron (talk) 11:04, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The framing of the Alt adds relevance to the face and the eyes and therefore emphasizes that he is looking (for an unknown reason) outside the frame. Maybe that's what you see. franklin 12:37, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support alt; looks good to me. Very nice shot accurately showing what he looks like, in a rather typical movie star setting. My main criticism is that he is not looking at the camera. J Milburn (talk) 18:36, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not looking directly at the camera is not a problem if the photo suggests what is it what he is looking at, the problem is that he is looking outside the frame and nothing is suggested that he could be looking at. That's why we feel something is missing. With more space to the left that wouldn't look odd. I have seen white backgrounds being cloned and blue clear sky in some nominations. If I (or anyone) clone this kind of background would that be considered excessive editing? In any case it looks like a complicated task, especially for me. franklin 19:17, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Another thing that is not desirable is the light on the back of his head. That one is probably easier to remove as was done with the mosquito nomination. franklin 19:31, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think any significant cloning is particularly acceptable when it changes anything relevant to the scene, to be honest. Being selective about the framing used, or adjusting contrast, colour balance and saturation is one thing, but actually changing the reality of the scene (even if it is the background) is deliberately falsifying the reality of the scene. Think about it. Would a newspaper find it acceptable? Photographers have been fired for doctoring a photo. I don't think we should do it either. White backgrounds are slightly different, because it's self evident that the subject has been artificially isolated and we're not usually bothered by what is missing. It just wouldn't work so well with George Clooney at an event. The background is part of the scene. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt upstate NYer 01:54, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt1: See no reason to oppose, now that the arm is cropped. Maedin\^talk 12:40, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support either. Spikebrennan (talk) 21:30, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:George Clooney 66ème Festival de Venise (Mostra) 3Alt1.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]