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Alice Catherine Evans[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2016 at 20:39:00 (UTC)

Original – Alice C. Evans, first female president of the Society of American Bacteriologists, proved that the same bacterium caused contagious abortion in cattle and undulent fever (Brucellosis in humans, amongst other things.
Reason
A very nice photo - a little luminous, but that's a 1910s photographic convention, I think - either you dump the people deep into shadow, or you make them glow. One of the two. #10wikicommonsdays Day 7
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Alice Catherine Evans
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
National Photo Company, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:39, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support - Focus seems to be on the equipment behind her. Her hand is really out of focus. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:48, 7 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Crisco 1492: I'm not sure the focus is that bad; it's a very big scan. Consider this scaled down version - it's still well above the minimum requirements, but everything in the image looks sharp. Perfect focus distance, as would be seen at poster-size, probably was beyond 1910s camera technology, even if this is an incredible image overall. Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:18, 7 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • Her hand is still out of focus, even scaled down. That's my main problem: her experiment (if that's what it is) is out of focus, and yet it's one of the most important parts of the photograph. The test tubes on the table are pin sharp, and though her face is a bit soft at this resolution I don't mind too much. It's the hand that gives me pause. (If this were a more modern picture, I'd have opposed). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:45, 7 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment White highlights and/or brightness could be adjusted here too, something like this. Brandmeistertalk 13:03, 7 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support Per Chris Woodrich – Jobas (talk) 23:01, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --Rosiestep (talk) 16:21, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support TomStar81 (Talk) 21:36, 14 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Spongie555 (talk) 06:22, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Alice C. Evans, National Photo Company portrait, circa 1915.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:40, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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