Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Meyer Lansky

Meyer Lansky[edit]

Meyer Lansky was instrumental to the rise and development of organized crime in the US. This photograph, taken in 1958, captures an interesting pose and facial expression IMO. Does the man in the background distract?

Nominated by: Malachirality (talk) 22:02, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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It's not the man in the background that bothers me. What bothers me is the fact that Meyer Lanksy's face is overexposed (the face of the man in the background has a much better exposure) and that the image seems excessively "retouched." Apparently, one has to specifically purchase a digital copy from the library of congress, and the link to the non-retouched image on the image page goes nowhere (apparently the non-retouched image has been deleted). If you look at Lansky's head, there is a halo around his head where it looks like someone erased everything going on around his head, and I find that halo artificial and distracting. Enuja (talk) 22:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- That whole white square is a new hand-painted bg, probably added prior to cropping for a head shot in the press or something. Interesting vis a vis retouching but ruined, really as a quality image for Meyer Lansky. --mikaul^talk 23:56, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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