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File:Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney.jpg, featured

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•  Info President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "Not impressed" look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams in the Oval Office, Nov. 15, 2012. Steve Penny, USA Gymnastics President, and Savannah Vinsant laugh at left. Created by Pete Souza - uploaded by Sepguilherme - nominated by me -- JKadavoor Jee 08:56, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- JKadavoor Jee 08:56, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Amusing, yes, but the composition is not very good. It is not straight (see the top of the door), and people are cut off awkwardly at the left. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment It's very rare to have a freely licensed picture for a popular internet meme, since the people creating things like that usually don't care about copyright. However, I agree with King of Hearts. Tried rotating and cropping it (see below). --El Grafo (talk) 10:10, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

It is most challenge in candid photography; if the photographer take time to compose, the subjects get bored, and get only a "dead" photo. :( Jee 10:41, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

•  Support Very good. I also like the laughing people in the background - composition is OK for me: Obama placed inside the door frame, McKayla Maroney between door and bookcase. --Tuxyso (talk) 12:28, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Per Tuxyso. Jacopo Werther ^iγ∂ψ=mψ 20:17, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Alternative

•  Info Rotated and cropped, but now the feeling for the depth of the room is gone. --El Grafo (talk) 10:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
  • Much better before. Who cares for the architecture of the room if it's not straight. This crop looks like a passport photo...--Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 14:13, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
    • Honestly, after a second look at it, I don't like it neither. Might be more recognizable as a thumb in an article, but that's all. --El Grafo (talk) 14:32, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Actually I think this crop is pretty good now! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:53, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support either. :) Jee 06:08, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

I knew something was wrong with that sentence … ;-) Mnemonic for future reference (via TBBT): I don’t care for perchloroethylene, and I don’t like glycol ether. --El Grafo (talk) 09:17, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

As a person who monitored several people related groups in Flickr, I know how difficult capturing people on the right moment. We can align and set the camera, compose the frame to avoid cuts and outs, ask the disturbing people to go away, ... but finally we miss the exact moment we want. In fact, I'm wondered by DS' comment below. Pete Souza might be learn from us. Jee 09:39, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

•  Oppose Photographically, its just couple of people with funny faces. If its portraiture, I don't see any thought put on composition or usage of lights. --Dey.sandip (talk) 06:16, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support @Dey.sandip: Special with this photo is not the light setting, but the people (US President !) on the photo and their expression. More Wow inside than most of the other portrayals nominated on FPC. --Tuxyso (talk) 12:31, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support I usually do not vote for "official" pictures, but this one is very funny and nice. The quality is top (good advertisement for the presidential watch brand, and the young lady should have paint her nails with a bit more care IMO...). And do you simply imagine what kind of photomontages we can do now with this picture ? Yes, we can !!--Jebulon (talk) 17:17, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
  • @Jebulon (offtopic): Which brand is it? --Tuxyso (talk) 17:50, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
    • [1] :) Jee 17:55, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support I hesitated at first when I saw the picture but after a while--ArildV (talk) 21:22, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

• I was thinking the same thing. When I first saw it I wasn't sure but the more I see this cropped version the more I like it. It's a charming portrait. 131.137.245.207 12:57, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

•  Support FP of course --Christian Ferrer (talk) 17:00, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Very unfavourable expression. The support surprises me. --A.Savin 17:40, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
  •  Info The "unfavourable expression" (you're talking about their faces, right?) is the whole point of the picture. See McKayla is not impressed. --El Grafo (talk) 18:12, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
    • I know. Nevertheless, I don't like it at all. Very sorry. --A.Savin 18:52, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
      • Ah, OK, thought you might have missed that. Well, if you don't like it, you don't like it – absolutely no need to feel sorry about that. Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 19:38, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Poco² 01:13, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Really nice. Jacopo Werther ^iγ∂ψ=mψ 20:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Michael Barera (talk) 19:44, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose With Dey.sandip and A. Savin. Funny but not to be featured. --Kikos (talk) 15:07, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose per other opposes. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:55, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support ArionEstar (talk) 16:50, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Support It captures an internet meme quite well. Saffron Blaze (talk) 02:49, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 11 support, 4 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 14:08, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

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The chosen alternative is: File:Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney 2.jpg