Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/John Reynolds

John Reynolds

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Original - Death of General John F. Reynolds as he supervised the deployment of the Iron Brigade early on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Edit 1 - Less yellowing, slightly more contrast.

Reason: Nice high resolution scan, adds plenty of EV to the article. Original version: File:John Reynolds death - original.jpg
Articles in which this image appears: John F. Reynolds, Iron Brigade
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Alfred Rudolph Waud, restoration by User:Jujutacular

Support as nominator --Jujutacular ^talk 08:48, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment You've gone for quite a faded paper colour there. I suspect you had a reason for that, but what is it? I would still be curious about a version where the light-coloured smoke is proper white (and other tones adjusted accordingly). Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:40, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, it's certainly less faded looking than the original :P I wanted to be conservative with the adjustment is all. I uploaded the TIF, so if you want to make an edit, go for it. Jujutacular ^talk 15:53, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Uploaded a more radical version. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:12, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I prefer edit. Thanks PLW. Jujutacular ^talk 17:51, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 20:37, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit but I cannot say I am happy with the original caption. Why is it "Death of.." since it is not too obvious that the guy is going to die? Nergaal (talk) 21:27, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Reynolds died from falling off of his horse, which is what this is depicting. This happened before the actual battle took place. Jujutacular ^talk 00:18, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - His article says he was shot in the back of the head or neck, before falling from his horse, and died almost instantly. --Avenue (talk) 01:18, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - I guessed it was something like that. The image doesn't clearly imply that, but the caption is ok in clarifying that. Nergaal (talk) 03:17, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit: very nice. Maedin\^talk 12:43, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit S Masters (talk) 13:42, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:John Reynolds death 2.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 10:17, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]