Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ruth Handler

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Original – Ruth Handler in 1961. Inventor of Barbie, co-founder of Mattel and its president 1945–1974

Restoration by Adam Cuerden

Reason: Image was just recently uploaded to Commons. Image is of high-resolution with nice focus. Quality free image of an important person in toy history.
Articles in which this image appears: Barbie, Ruth Handler (crop)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business
Creator: UCLA Library. Originally published in Los Angeles Times (photographer unknown)

Support as nominator – TarkusAB^talk/contrib 22:17, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as such - needs retouching of dust spots and a bit of rotation/perspective correction. --Janke | Talk 07:05, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – It needs restoration. I support if that's done. Bammesk (talk) 13:18, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Janke, Bammesk, and TarkusAB: On it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.5% of all FPs.} 17:33, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Janke, Bammesk, and TarkusAB: Uploading the restoration now; Support restoration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam Cuerden (talk • contribs)

Just a reminder, if you don't sign the comment, the ping template doesn't work. Bammesk (talk) 03:16, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.5% of all FPs.} 06:25, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support restoration – nice job removing the waves. Bammesk (talk) 03:16, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Think that's a lens effect. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.5% of all FPs.} 13:11, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 15:21, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good photo with strong EV. I'd note though that a cropped version is currently in the bio article - I don't think that the crop is actually better in that context. I also don't love the barbies at the front of the photo being out of focus, but suspect that this was unavoidable given camera technology at the time. Nick-D (talk) 23:49, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@TarkusAB, Vinícius94, and Nick-D: Could you indicate which version(s) you support? Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:45, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Restored version – Vinícius O. (talk) 01:52, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Restored version. Silly question, no? TarkusAB^talk/contrib 07:59, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also the restored version Nick-D (talk) 08:41, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's probably fair to say as well that for most uses of the time, which would have been newspaper halftone, the focus wouldn't have mattered that much. I think we're lucky that photos of the period tend to be as good as they are. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.5% of all FPs.} 18:30, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support (restored). MER-C 10:16, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Aviafanboi (talk) 13:24, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]