The Thin Red Line

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Reason: In a curious military coincidence, this precedes The Thin Red Line and both films based on it. Excellent resolution.
Articles in which this image appears: Canada in Khaki, Harold H. Piffard, Remembrance Day, Remembrance poppy
FP category for this image: Artwork/Others
Creator: Harold H. Piffard

Support as nominator – Brandmeister^talk 21:21, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ for now. Text is bleeding through at the borders, some spots have blown highlights, and there's a spot where the paper moved away from the scanner which needs fixing. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:50, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional oppose per Chris. Can be switched if improvements are made. --Tremonist (talk) 13:41, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Not sure whether I see all the stated defective spots, so maybe Adam Cuerden would be interested in this. Brandmeister^talk 20:28, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Scan's good enough, I think, to justify a restoration. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:34, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - The black shadow at the top left corner appears to be where the paper curved away from the scanner. I've seen the same thing in the books I've scanned. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:52, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - Comparing it with the first upload [1] helps.... perhaps scan can be improved. Bammesk (talk) 00:54, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Not a great scan of fairly poor quality print. While this may be the original format it was published in I don't think it has sufficient EV to make up for the lack of quality. - Wolftick (talk) 23:58, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Tremonist, Crisco 1402, Bammesk, Wolftick, and Brandmeister: Uploaded restoration as Alt 1; Support Alt Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:30, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492: as well, Crisco 1402 is his ancestor. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:32, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am a wizened man now, indeed. What about the lines along the top border? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:17, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492: You mean the colours at the top of the border? That's typical of this type of printing for border lines. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:46, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Adam. Considering it's a WWI stuff I think the print condition is ok. Brandmeister^talk 09:20, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mean the part where the ink ran outside of the lines (that's fine). I meant that it appears there is some text / image bleed through along the top border. It's not present at the bottom. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:12, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, right. Subtle, but there. I'd say that was more dirt, or subtle shadows caused by the binding. It's easily removed. Give me a minute. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:06, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Crisco 1492: I've fixed it, methinks. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:39, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Original and Alt have darker shades in mid and upper left areas compared to the first upload [2]. Do we have a good scan? Bammesk (talk) 02:31, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bammesk: From my experience with 1910s illustrations, the very pale text of the caption is evidence that the very light shades in the first upload is down to a bad, blurry scan. Dark blue is typical for a lot of illustrations in this period, a pale blue simply doesn't happen. I believe the original is simply a very bad scan (well, probably a bad photo) of the same exact source image. I'd say disregard it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:57, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support ALT - Looks much nicer now. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:25, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT – Bammesk (talk) 03:20, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT - Godot13 (talk) 04:02, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT - --Janke | Talk 12:14, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:H. Piffard - The Thin Red Line - restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:40, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]