Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan[edit]

Reason: Great image (technically and otherwise) of a former and now deceased US President.
Articles this image appears in: Ronald Reagan and dozens of others.
Creator: Apparently unknown. Nominally the White House Photographic Office.

Support as nominator --Cowtowner 05:49, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Support--Silversmith Hewwo 07:34, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support But if this gets close to passing I'm re-noming the Obama picture which mysteriously failed because he "has a weird look on his face" and things like that. Staxringold _talk^contribs 09:41, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer the Reagan picture to the Gates and Obama pictures (assuming you mean this one?. Even so, the are both of exceptional quality and therefore feature worthy unless pictures with better backgrounds come along. :p--Silversmith Hewwo 09:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Failed twice, to be exact, and the first nom has a lot more detailed comments than you make it seem here. It doesn't really seem that consensus changed between the two nominations, but anyway, if you have gripes about it, this is not the place to discuss them. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 01:41, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support This is the original composition that was so crudely pastiched for the Obama portrait. Such are the subtleties of fine portraiture that, despite their apparent similarity, this one is a deserving FP while the Obama one manages to be an aesthetic and compositional disaster... despite the grainy film scan vs Obama's smooth digital image, this shot has much greater integrity. It was a surprise to discover it wasn't already featured. --mikaul^talk 10:20, 2 November 2009 (UTC) edit Having done some trawling about, I'm fairly certain the creator here is the late Mike Evans, but i can only find anecdotal evidence. This write-up following his death, for example, would appear to make him a strong candidate. --mikaul^talk 11:14, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Durova³⁵² 15:12, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I dislike the point lighting, so I happen to take issue with the composition. Nezzadar ^[SPEAK] 18:35, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well illustrative of Reagan and his profession. Good composition and a natural smile. Sir Richardson (talk) 20:48, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: What's that above his left eye? J Milburn (talk) 22:56, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would be the eyebrow, important for facial expressions. Hehe, just kidding, don't know what it is :P Zoo Fari 23:53, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose GerardM (talk) 01:12, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Opposes should come with a reason, otherwise they don't weight nearly as much in the final consensus tally. upstate NYer 03:13, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - So you want me to say that he used to be an actor and it shows ? To me the smile is a phony. 18:06, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Tentative Oppose Like the image and the face expression, but the color tone should be fixed, especially the skin tone.--Caspian blue 06:12, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Avala (talk) 11:12, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The colours seem a bit wrong; Reagan's skin does have an odd tone to it. Nick-D (talk) 10:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nominator -- mcshadypl ^T ^C 22:41, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg --jjron (talk) 11:49, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]