Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Emosson Construction.jpg

File:Emosson Construction.jpg, featured

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Info created by ~~Hans Baumann~~ Unknown, possibly Heinz Baumann - uploaded by Draemmli - nominated by Draemmli -- Draemmli (talk) 15:40, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~~The scan has a lot of scratches, but~~ this is my favourite picture from the ETH image library. -- Draemmli (talk) 15:40, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Needs digital restoration for FP. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:54, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have tried removing the worst scratches and specks, with the caveat that I don't know what I'm doing. Do you think my edits have improved the image, or should I revert them? --Draemmli (talk) 17:15, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed it for you. Really cool photo.--Cart (talk) 18:12, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I combined our two versions by picking out the best areas from each. --Draemmli (talk) 18:55, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Cart (talk) 18:12, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow! Making me quite curious. Tozina (talk) 18:39, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow! --Grtek (talk) 19:28, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Thanks for the digital restoration. I've crossed out my opposing vote accordingly. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:12, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Aristeas (talk) 11:00, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Flawed, but interesting. Cmao20 (talk) 11:19, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Strong vignetting. Too contrasted with ugly black areas, blown highlights, messy composition and white balance problem -- Basile Morin (talk) 15:25, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The rocks in that area seem to be actually pinkish, and I assume the streaks in the foreground are pinkish due to taillights, with added pink on the bends due to brake lights. I assume that, as this is the 1970s, these are halogen lights. The concrete seems both greenish (in reflected light from the ground) and pinkish (in areas with more direct light). I'm not sure what the whites should be here for realism. HLHJ (talk) 20:54, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Llez (talk) 15:36, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Sorry if this seems Philistine to most of you, but while the photo is an interesting document, it doesn't strike me as great. If it weren't a historical photo, I'd recommend for most of the darkest parts to be cropped out and also the part closest to the top. Is it by this Hans Baumann or another one? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:49, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your question about the author sent me on a bit of a journey. My original source no longer names any photographer, so I thought I might have mistakenly copied this from some other upload. However, there are a bunch of other photos from Comet Photo AG credited with Hans Baumann on Commons, and for all of those, the ETH library now names a Heinz Baumann as the author. So, for this photo here we can't be sure anymore, but it might be this Heinz Baumann. I'll edit all the affected image descriptions. --Draemmli (talk) 18:53, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Just too artsy. Daniel Case (talk) 01:27, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Perr Basile Poco a poco (talk) 20:48, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Unsharp and a strange black area. ----Wright Streetdeck 06:32, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Andrei (talk) 08:32, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Striking. --Podzemnik (talk) 00:15, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support I really like this. It has great educational value and artistic value, which combine to overpower any technical shortcomings. — Rhododendrites ^talk | 18:53, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Cart (talk) 22:03, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Other