Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rain, Steam and Speed

Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2012 at 17:11:52 (UTC)

Original – Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway, by J. M. W. Turner

Alt

Alt 2

Reason: Good resolution, high quality, high EV - important painting
Articles in which this image appears: Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway, J. M. W. Turner, Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Maidenhead, 1844 in art, Great Western Railway, Collection of the National Gallery, London, River Thames, History of Spain (1814–1873)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: J. M. W. Turner

~~Support as nominator~~ --Tomer T (talk) 17:11, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Support alt 2. Tomer T (talk) 18:49, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't see any issues. Looks pretty good, even though it's hard to distinguish anything. Dusty777 17:49, 18 October 2012 (UTC) [reply]
~~Oppose~~ Colors appear to be drastically wrong, someone tried to correct it with a much larger version but it got reverted. The image on the museum's website ([1]) and a video of the painting ([2]) show clearly different colors than this image has. — raeky t 15:29, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Whoah! Those colors were drastically altered. I'm going to withdraw my vote for the time being. Dusty777 21:54, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added the other version as alt. Tomer T (talk) 23:05, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As I recall, the alt submission is closer to the correct colours. But I may have been looking at it through rose-tinted spectacles. Yomangani ^talk 23:14, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt Per Raeky. Dusty777 01:27, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What happened with the colours? They're very different from each other now-which one is the 'proper' version? Lemon martini (talk) 12:33, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- See above discussion. Tomer T (talk) 13:39, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
A bit off topic, but where the hell is the hare that's running in front of the train? I can't see it for the life of me. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 09:47, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually me too. But I don't think that related to the image's authencity or something like that. Tomer T (talk) 19:07, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Didn't see anything talking about a hare, but this looks like the hare to me. :P — raeky t 20:31, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - It's in the article: "A tiny hare appears in the bottom right corner of the painting". Tomer T (talk) 20:34, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      - Then what I linked is probably it. — raeky t 20:39, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose both until people can sort out the correct colors. The National Gallery has yet a different color scheme. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:54, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I have to agree, the alt is different then the museum's picture of it, which I would be more inclined to believe. — raeky t 23:24, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I uploaded the National Gallery version as Alt 2. Please note, the file information for "Alt 1" also says that file came from the National Gallery, with the same URL, four days ago. Hmm... There are now six versions in the Commons category for this painting to choose from... To me, Alt 2 is most consistent with what most repros of Turner paintings look like. Boo-Boo Baroo (talk) 12:43, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll Support alt2. — raeky t 19:00, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say Alt2 is most realistic, from memory of the original. Going round any museum, even the National Gallery, with their own reproductions in hand is always a hair-raising experience though. The "original" version gives the NG as source, but when first added, in 2006, gave the appalling artrenewal site as source, though the exact link http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=14508&hires=1 no longer works. Johnbod (talk) 23:04, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Alt 2 is the most accurate of the lot (as you'd imagine, coming from the Gallery's website). Textbook example 1 Textbook example 2 czar · · 00:44, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt-2 Per above. Dusty777 17:48, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This should perhaps be reopened, since Alt 2, which is a significant improvement, came in late. Chick Bowen 19:41, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Or closed as not promoted and Alt 2 separately renominated. Armbrust ^{The Homonculus} 06:40, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:27, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re-nominate Alt 2 separately if so desired. Makeemlighter (talk) 19:27, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]