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Reason
This is the first FP nomination of several celebrity images I have received OTRS permission for in the last few years. It is a quality headshot of the actress/singer and an edited alternate created by Jjron has also been included if a landscape or portrait is preferred.
Oppose The lighting here doesn’t remotely look like the best available portraiture lighting. The shadow across her forehead is clearly from a direct-on strobe rather than an umbrella light, which would always be used for any high quality portrait, like this one of Kyndra Miller Rotunda. This image of Miley Cyrus is the stuff one would expect of a Nickelodeon red-carpet photo-op where paparazzi shout out her name (“Ms. Girl On School Backpack… Ms. Girl On School Backpack!”) Greg L (talk) 01:37, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. But, clearly, runway photos are a dime a dozen. The George Clooney runway shotlooks like a runway shot (IMHO). And, as runway shots go (“George! Over here! Over here!”), his is pretty good. And the man’s face is a study in “distinguished character” (good thing I’m straight). But I would argue that if one is going to have a picture packed edge to edge and stem to stern with face, as was done here, then it takes on a portrait-like nature. In such a genre, it ought to act the part and look really, really nice if it is to purportedly represent our best work. We shouldn’t have to say “This was actually a runway shot, so… ‘pretty good’… right?”
Neutral on original, oppose crop. The lighting's pretty blah but the quality is good. It's rare to get a picture of Miley Cyrus looking squarely at the camera, but it's bound to happen again. Considering how many pictures of people are in this world, we should have the best of the best. Amphy (talk) 06:29, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support (and that's very weak) original, but strongly oppose crop. I think it's just there, shame about the cut off forhead. The lighting isn't ideal, but it isn't terrible. J Milburn (talk) 10:05, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support disagree, the framing is absolutely fine. Light is good too. The crop on the alternate is crap though. --Dschwen16:13, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, but cutting off the top of her head just looks awkward. The Martakis one has a hair style that makes such a crop look much better; here, it just looks like the photographer aimed too low. Pity: It's otherwise a very good image. Adam Cuerden(talk)22:14, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Poor lighting on original. I actually think the framing is fine for this type of shot, although her bad posture doesn't help the shot composition. With this subject far better pictures will be available. The crop is very poor though.Jfitch (talk) 15:13, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]