Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Django Reinhardt (Gottlieb 07301).jpg
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File:Django Reinhardt (Gottlieb 07301).jpg, featured
[edit]Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 4 Dec 2019 at 02:39:23 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Portrait#Men
- Info created by William P. Gottlieb - restored, uploaded, and nominated by Adam Cuerden -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:39, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:39, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Info Just in case anyone doesn't know, Django Reinhardt famously rose to prominence despite severe burns to his left hand. The injuries are clearly visible in the photo. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:43, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:57, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Adam Cuerden: Comparing the original and restoration, it seems like some sharpness and contrast may have been lost somehow (I'm looking at his facial hair and the wisp of smoke. Could that be because I'm comparing jpg and tiff? — Rhododendrites talk | 06:12, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- There's a certain amount of curve tweaks, human skin isn't as pale as images sometimes make out, but you may just be more used to the over-high contrast. Compare the last two uploads on the PNG Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:04, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:25, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support His music was actually quite popular on Swedish radio long after his death, so I remember how it sounded. I feel positively ancient... --Cart (talk) 08:51, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Andrei (talk) 08:58, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Masterfully executed documentary-style portrait that gives the impression of an intimate moment. The shirt and tie on the left and the table on the wall set the scene (suggesting we might be in the dressing room of the club rather than on the stage), but are subtle enough so they don't distract. The artist looks like he's just enjoying himself and not caring about the photographer at all. --El Grafo (talk) 11:00, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support You almost hear the music when viewing this. --Kreuzschnabel 11:10, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support A really great photo that conveys his character very well. Cmao20 (talk) 13:07, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Cayambe (talk) 13:58, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Gnosis (talk) 16:33, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --GRDN711 (talk) 19:12, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:47, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support per El Grafo. --Aristeas (talk) 11:06, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Great image of a musician making music ... Daniel Case (talk) 01:59, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulphere 04:20, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 12:05, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
This image will be added to the FP gallery: People/Portrait#Men