Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Colonies of the second French colonial empire.jpg

Image:Colonies of the second French colonial empire.jpg, not featured

•  Info created by M. G. Scott (1891) - uploaded by RedCoat - nominated by RedCoat (NB Descriptions of the depicted localities can be seen in the image summary.) --RedCoat 18:11, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
•  Support --RedCoat 18:11, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
• 2  Questions Why is this one in colour? And why is the crop so tight (left and bottom)? Lycaon 19:48, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

•  Info The engraving is as it was scanned; the hue/slight colour is the same as how it appears in the newsmagazine. And the original engraving is not perfectly rectangular, hence it may appear as though the crop is too tight. However, you may perhaps prefer the second version; black and white with a wider crop. :) RedCoat 21:02, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

•  Support version 2 Lycaon 05:52, 23 July 2007 (UTC) I hadn't noticed the Moiré. Lycaon 07:30, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
•  Oppose Moire pattern in hills of the top image; the scan needs more resolution. There's dots instead of lines in a couple of the others. Is this from the original print, or a reproduction? Because that's a common reproduction error for engravings. Adam Cuerden 11:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

•  Comment Oops, I hadn't noticed that; the moire pattern can really be detrimental. The thin lines cause it in this case don't they? And it's an original engraving though. RedCoat 15:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  •  Comment Yeah, Moire's a problem with engravings. I don't mind if it shows Moire when shrunk by wikipedia - hell, one of my uploaded engravings does that - but it shouldn't have it at full, and this one does. Still, if you have the original, it shouldn't be too hard to scan it at a somewhat higher resolution, in which case I'll definitely support. Forgive the questioning about the dots in those grey skies - it's not a common engraving technique, so it's better to double check it's not an artefact of reproduction. (But I'm happy to believe you that it's not) Adam Cuerden 11:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

•  Support Excellent technical condition, good value.--Beyond silence 20:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. Simonizer 07:54, 2 August 2007 (UTC)