Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower[edit]

**Original** - General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff of the United States Army by Nicodemus David Hufford III.

Reason: This image is a high quality and unique painting of General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower by Nicodemus David Hufford III, which I believe meets the Featured Picture criteria. The image well illustrates Eisenhower as a General of the Army and Chief of Staff of the United States Army prior to his election to President.
Articles this image appears in: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1952 Republican National Convention, Military career of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commanders of World War II, Portal:United States Army/Selected biography, Portal:United States Army/Selected biography/3, Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1952
Creator: Nicodemus David Hufford III

Support as nominator --Abraham, B.S. (talk) 07:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is it just me or is this really yellow? Noodle snacks (talk) 07:57, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- It doesn't really look yellow to me; just karki/brown uniform and skin coloured, well skin. ;-) Perhaps it is your monitor? Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:01, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Those colours arent right, unless we both have monitor problems--Childzy ¤ Talk 10:34, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - I have lightened the image up as shown in Edit 1. How does it look now? Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 11:41, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There are either a lot of JPEG artifacts, or strongly noticeable halftone pattering from a scan from a book, or perhaps both. Is there a better reproduction of this painting available? Spikebrennan (talk) 16:39, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Sadly, no. The others I have viewed are either limited in resolution, or are of poor quality. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The halftone is enough to weaken support but it's hardly surprising that the colour is off given that this is a version of a scan of a book halftone of a photo of the original: a fourth generation copy. As with Chinese whispers, I'd be very surprised if this is how the original looks.--mikaul^talk 21:19, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I think this one is probably closer, albeit cropped, to the original, in which case I still think this is a better copy. Will see if I can do anything with the image, though. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 08:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Right, thanks for posting the link. The version we have here is clearly miles out (the blue of the badge on his shoulder is rendered almost mid-grey here) and I'm afraid attempting to correct it with this file is not going to be possible without introducing a load of noise and posterisation. It's a decent painting; deserves decent repro. --mikaul^talk 10:51, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. MER-C 08:10, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above/myself. Noodle snacks (talk) 23:43, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --jjron (talk) 08:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]