Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Road Maker (Aríìhiriš) A Hidatsa Chief

Road Maker (Aríìhiriš) A Hidatsa Chief

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Original – Road Maker (Aríìhiriš) Hidatsa Chief. Painted from life by Karl Bodmer, ca. 1840.

ALT – On a white background.

;Reason:High EV. Engraving shows traditional clothing of a Hidatsa Indian chief including buffalo robe, beaded leggings with green horse hair, beaded moccasins, tomahawk with scalp, and eagle feather. There are some notable trade items including peace medal and hat, likely obtained by trade with french traders or U.S explores/surveyors. Also shows full body war paint. Painted by Karl Bodmer, a notable German painter who traveled west and painted American Indians there from life. Images of Hidatsa (Minatarre) people are relatively rare when compared to other tribes like Sioux, Blackfoot, Crow, etc.

Articles in which this image appears: Hidatsa people
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator: Karl Bodmer

Support as nominator --MatGTAM (talk) 19:46, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Can something be done about the very distracting vignetting? @Crisco 1492:, I think Photoshop has better tools for this than GIMP, so you'd be better placed for this one. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:43, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Let me check. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:58, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I tried... something. Also made a more drastic edit (ALT). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:48, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I like it, but you saved it interlaced, which might be a problem? Also, one tip: Darken the text a bit more than the rest of the image - text tends to fade into the background more easily, particularly at lower sizes. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:43, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, yeah, progressive. Saving again as de-interlaced. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:45, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:44, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support ALT - The picture is more visible on the off-white background. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:50, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT fantastic work Crisco 1492 -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 14:55, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:23, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT J Kadavoor J e e 06:12, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT Looks much better MatGTAM (talk) 02:57, 04 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:A Minatarre chief 0057v edit.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:05, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]