Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lake Placid bobsled track

Lake Placid bobsled track

Original - Works Progress Administration poster from the late 1930s to advertise public access to the bobsled run from the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Reason: Received a request for a Winter Olympics FP from an editor who is working on articles for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. It actually turns out to be quite hard to find historic material in high resolution. Fortunately there is a public domain poster for the bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York where the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics took place. Restored version of File:Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Lake Placid, New York, Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks, 1932 Winter Olympics
Creator: Works Progress Administration

Support as nominator --Durova³⁴⁹ 07:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Thanks to Durova for taking a stab at a winter olympics picture, and to the FP reviewers for taking a look. There's no hurry on this, but it would be great to have on the main page on February 12, the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympics, if it meets FP criteria. Geraldk (talk) 14:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support sweet! I didn't know you'd get this badboy I linked you to done so quick, looked like a fair bit of work. Staxringold _talk^contribs 16:41, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support extra nice is the blog detailing the technical issues.. GerardM (talk) 20:15, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The image still should be tweaked for color, if possible, and as with most restorations, true black needs to be reestablished to boost up the clarity. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 22:01, 30 October 2009 (UTC) P.S. I wish I had a tenth of the skill with editing that Durova has.[reply]
- Per the upload notes, the histogram and color balance were adjusted in the final edits. That included resetting the black point. If one goes too far with that, texture gets lost. Durova³⁴⁹ 22:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Neutral Considering how bad this looks when zoomed in, I am on the cusp of opposing, however if this is the best that can be done, I'll go neutral for now. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 00:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Meets all FPC. Nice graphic design. Elekhh (talk) 22:30, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. High enc value in the Olympic related sections of the articles. Mostlyharmless (talk) 02:13, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. --Caspian blue 15:01, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support--Silversmith Hewwo 08:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Anything from the 1980 Winter Olympics? upstate NYer 01:55, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Golly, no. Feel like a drive up to Lake Placid to ask the local historical society? Durova³⁵⁵ 02:45, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Heh, bleh no. Hours of my life I'll never get back. I'll stick to local stuff. upstate NYer 03:19, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid2.jpg --jjron (talk) 11:28, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]