Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Headscarfed woman

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[edit] A Turkish woman wearing Hijab

Original
Original
Reason
I like the smiling expression of the woman, and the intimacy of the close-up. The photo has both artistic and encyclopaedic value, and I think it is relevant to show this image since many people have to realise that often Muslim women enjoy wearing the headscarf.
Proposed caption
A woman at a market in Kalkan, Turkey wears a headscarf as part of Islamic Hijab.
Articles this image appears in
Hijab
Creator
Kit Gilchrist
  • Support as nominator Kitkatcrazy 17:47, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I really like her charismatic expression and the overall aura, but unfortunately the technical quality is under par. It's somewhat blurry, noisy and the subject is cut off. Moreover, I know that the subject matter is the headcover, but I'm certain that most people would like to see more of her face. The colours lack vibrancy and when all's said and done, I'm not too sure if it adds much encyclopaedic value. Chris.B 18:18, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak oppose Would support if subject wasn't cropped so severely. CillaИ X♦C [dic] 19:42, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose cropped too close and quite a bit of noise. Matt Deres 01:07, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support this is a good image from life. Normal a Muslim Turkish women. This is nice.--Absar 15:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Support per above Bleh999 18:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose - Quality is far from adequate for FP status due to noise, unsharpness and bad framing. If we remove the headscarf (which is the 'exotic' element for western eyes) the photo becomes trivial. - Alvesgaspar 18:39, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak support. The framing is fine from a composition standpoint, the feeling is great (like your last one), but due to technical issues (mainly the noise) and relatively low encyclopedic value as noted above (I wonder if seeing the full hijab would resolve this or spoil the composition?), I'm giving weak support. Again, personally/artistically, I really like this photo. --Peter 02:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
  • weak Oppose The tight crop, green chromatic aberrations and high noise are disappointing. -Fcb981 04:51, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose With over 1 billion Muslims, some of them in my hometown, it should be possible for us to get a much better image of a hijab. --Dhartung | Talk 14:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
    • As the nominator and creator of this image, I strongly advise you to take a photo of a woman wearing Hijab, and of a much better quality than mine. Kitkatcrazy 09:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose per Dhartung. The composition is just not excellent. Compare [1], [2], and [3], all free images (though not as high-quality). Calliopejen1 13:05, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 02:59, 11 August 2007 (UTC)