Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Anna Chakvetadze

Anna Chakvetadze[edit]

Quite apart from the fact that Anna Chakvetadze is one of my top ladies in tennis, I was taken with this portrait the first time I saw it in April. I wanted to nominate it at the time, but I didn't because of the cut off elbow. The more I look, though, the more I've decided that the small framing issue isn't such a big deal. Then I noticed the action shot, which is recent, from the Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome Masters) in May this year. In terms of composition, there seems to be too much space at the top, but I'm reluctant to crop it because it would make it very close to the 1000px limit. Otherwise, I think it's excellent, though I wouldn't want to nominate it without first cloning out the spot near her lip. So, which is the better option? What editing might they need? Does a cut off elbow have any chance of making it? And would anyone object to a spot-free chin?

Articles this image appears in: Anna Chakvetadze

Creator: Ralf Reinecke

Suggested by: Maedin\^talk 19:47, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The cut off elbow wouldn't overly bother me in terms of a portrait (I think a number of our portraits have cut off bits and pieces), though she does look a little less than happy, but generally it's good. My biggest complaint would be that it's been overly downsampled - there is significant artifacting in the background. I would be hesitant to edit it further due to this as it's likely to be made even worse, but if we could get access to a higher quality original the other thing I would consider would be bringing up brightness a bit, particularly on her, and perhaps just try a bit more sharpening. The action shot is quite good, shallow DOF but acceptable, I agree the top should really be cropped a bit, and wouldn't object to the slight clone. Overall, probably better quality. The other thing I'm not sure about is the racquet - unfortunately it's just been cutoff and looks slightly awkward; I considered cropping at left, but I think that would leave it looking even more awkward, and again size is not our friend. Nothing there is necessarily a deal breaker, but they work against it. Given both images appear to be by Wikipedians, would it be worth contacting them and asking if they can help out with slightly bigger/better versions? --jjron (talk) 15:08, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In terms of EV, I'd consider only the action shot as having enough to satisfy the FP criteria. I'd be inclined to support it: it's not perfect but it certainly adds a great deal to the article. Makeemlighter (talk) 03:46, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Maedin is trying to get a bigger version. See this. Makeemlighter (talk) 07:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]