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File:Yosemite by Carol M. Highsmith.jpg, featured[edit]
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural
Info created by Carol M. Highsmith (American photographer) - uploaded by User:Carolhi (not sure of identity) - nominated by Seb26 -- Super high resolution, appropriately licensed and connected with its entry in the Library of Congress online -- Seb26 (talk) 22:56, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
Support -- Seb26 (talk) 22:56, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
- Info@Seb26: Carolhi is Carol Highsmith herself. Daniel Case (talk) 18:45, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Noted. I had figured as much but didn't see any confirmation anywhere. Seb26 (talk) 05:18, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Info - From technical aspect: I see some dust specks - right beneath that eagle at 20.000 ft above Half Dome
. Personally I think that highlighting all the shadows results in too much loss of depth and contrast. --PtrQs (talk) 01:47, 19 April 2017 (UTC) - Support Wonderful lighting. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:12, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
Comment - I love this photo and will vote for it when the dust spot(s) noted by PtrQs is (are) cleaned (I noticed only one, but I didn't look through the entire photo at full size). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:29, 19 April 2017 (UTC)- Support per above --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:16, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Excellent photo. Since the original tiff is available from the source, I offer to address the "dust spot" issue tonight when I get home. I'll upload the tiff also if we don't have it. I'm keen, though, to make only the most minor of changes, since this isn't some amateur snap, but a photo by a notable photographer. I don't personally think the dust spots are noticeable enough, considering the resolution, that they should affect voting intentions. -- Colin (talk) 08:04, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Schnobby (talk) 09:12, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support Very nice light and the faint dust spots are not intrusive. OK quality all around. --cart-Talk 10:19, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 12:13, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Berthold Werner (talk) 12:55, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support --XRay talk 15:54, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support As a Carol Highsmith photograph this is beyond criticism, save for the dust spot, which I trust Colin to take care of. Daniel Case (talk) 18:45, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
- Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 04:55, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Comment Gents! And Ladies! I little bit more iconoclasm, please. Highsmith is a true master and her donation to the LoC incredibly noble and generous. This nomination is - of course - fantastic, no doubt. But: Nobody should be "beyond criticism" and we should definitely not deepen the gap between "amateur snaps" and works by "notable" photographers. As head of a photo archive I've come to the conclusion that it usually takes an endless amount of very "snappy" attempts to produce a masterpiece now and then - for everybody. You could also have a look at this truly eye opening book to understand what I'm trying to say...
--Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:37, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Comment - I agree with you. And her 2009 photo of the South Dakota Badlands was criticized and looks unlikely to even pass at QIC, so in fact her work hasn't been beyond criticism on this site. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:47, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- I agree with Martin. We have over 30,000 photographs by Highsmith, and surely they can't all be "beyond criticism" :-). It does look like Highsmith uploaded most/many of the photos taken on a shoot, rather than select just one winner. Btw, I uploaded a new version last night with dust spots removed. I tried to upload the original TIFF but it failed (it's pretty big) so I'll have to try another way. Oh, and while we're recommending books, many of Michael Freeman's books on photography show the process by which he thinks about, takes and selects his photos, with examples of the handful of shots that were taken. -- Colin (talk) 07:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- I uploaded the TIFF: File:Yosemite by Carol M. Highsmith, 25612u.tif. Regards, Yann (talk) 07:43, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Yann, I see you uploaded 25612u.tif. That isn't the file I worked from, choosing the larger 25612a.tif instead. However, it isn't clear to me what the differences were between the files. I'll have another look, comparing using Photoshop. The EXIF information is quite different and the format of the TIFF is different, and perhaps the size difference is simply down to compression. Do you know why LoC have both TIFF files? -- Colin (talk) 07:51, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- The other one was already imported by Fae in 2016: File:Yosemite National Park spans eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in California LCCN2013635057.tif. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:01, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Haha Martin, after years and years of looking at contact sheets (film & digital) searching for "The One Photo", I know exactly how many rolls it takes to make an excellent photo; even for master photographers. I always look at any photo with an open mind and it looks like I'll be the one who will fail her Badlands photo at QIC. --cart-Talk 07:40, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 10:01, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural
