Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/1867 World Fair

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Original – Bird's-eye view of the Exposition Universelle of 1867 in Paris. The site at Champ de Mars -a military parade ground- covered an area of 48 hectares (119 acres). There were 50,226 exhibitors from 42 nations. Following a decree of Emperor Napoleon III, the event started to be prepared as early as 1864, in the midst of the renovation of Paris, marking the culmination of the Second French Empire.

Reason: High EV for providing a good overview of a large international temporary event. Large resolution, providing great level of detail of the exhibition site and its surroundings.
Articles in which this image appears: International Exposition (1867)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Eugène Cicéri (1812–1890)

Support as nominator --ELEKHH^T 06:03, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. This is a great image and I'm sure some version of it is featurable. This one I'm not really convinced by the colors, but I haven't looked at the lossless original ('cause it's 227 mb!); in any case, I always prefer an edit of a historical image to have its changes documented, and an unedited jpg uploaded for comparison (the tiff is obviously not an option in this case). Chick Bowen 03:28, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think from looking at the smaller version of the original, that the colors are too saturated for the restoration. — raeky t 23:16, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- It's not uncommon for that to happen: Adjusting levels often ups saturation a bit. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 10:30, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - I know it can happen, :P I'm just saying I think it's a bit over done. — raeky t 10:37, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think the colours are okay, but I would support a more faithful version too. Purpy Pupple (talk) 00:56, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:04, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]