Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes

Doutzen Kroes modeling for Doo.Ri

Nataliya Gotsiy modeling for Cynthia Rowley

downsampled & sharpened edit

It is very hard to get good fashion photography on wikipedia, because most people can't go to fashion shows, and even if they could they would rarely get to take photos from the locations at which you could get a decent angle to capture the entire model's body head-on (which I imagine are entirely reserved for photographers). Somehow Peter Duhon on flickr manages to get press passes, though, so I've been uploading a ton of his photos lately. This image isn't completely sharp, but for one of the most important models in the world (currently at #3 on models.com) modeling for a major designer this is pretty good. Note that I've cropped this image down some from the original so if others want to try alternate crops that's also possible.

Other ideas are Image:Solangewilvert.jpg, Image:Wilvert2.jpg, or Image:Wilvert.jpg (Solange Wilvert modeling for Doo.Ri); Image:Gotsiy3.jpg (Nataliya Gotsiy for Cynthia Rowley); Image:Darla Bakercrop1.jpg (Darla Baker for CR); Image:Katarina Ivanovska.jpg (Katarina Ivanovska for CR); Image:Emina Cunmulaj1.jpg (Emina Cunmulaj for CR); and Image:Fabiana Semprebom1.jpg (Fabiana Semprebom for CR). I may stop back here and add more ideas as I upload more images. Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Nominated by

Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• Good find, but Id suggest the thumb nominated here isn't the best candidate. Too monochrome, soft and colour artifacted. Image:Wilvert2.jpg and especially Image:Gotsiy3.jpg stand out as appeaing, full-frame images with reasonable sharpness, good exposure and contrast, but both would benefit from a downsample and sharpen. They've all been shot with a completely wide-open lens, which is why focus and sharpness is a big issue with all of them; some are plainly out of focus, if good enough illustrations. For this subject, for FPC, I'd suggest majoring on visual appeal rather than the model's notability, get a technically competent stage shot and run with that. Let's see what else you have, get some other opinions and brush up the favourite for nomination.
  • I've added a quick edit of Gotsiy3.jpg at right. What do you think of it? Calliopejen1 (talk) 00:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Looks ok, just a little tight around the feet and still not quite crisp enough. I've downsampled and sharpened a further crop from the original which I'd happily support at FPC. If you like it, don't forget to add it to Fashion show well before nominating. --mikaul^talk 12:03, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• I already supported the Gotsiy3 nom at FPC. In the Kroes photo, she looks like she's levitating. Spikebrennan (talk) 00:10, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Seconder

Nominated at FPC as Nataliya Gotsiy by Calliopejen1 on 24 January, 2008. --jjron (talk) 08:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)