Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Pond—Moonlight

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2019 at 14:27:57 (UTC)

Original – The Pond—Moonlight, by Edward Steichen

Reason: high resolution copy of an iconic photograph
Articles in which this image appears: The Pond—Moonlight, List of most expensive photographs
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator: Edward Steichen / Google Art Project

Support as nominator One of the most expensive photograph ever, sold for US $2.9 million in 2006. Only 3 original versions exist, and each is unique. – Yann (talk) 14:27, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment "The Pond—Moonlight is an early photograph created by manually applying light-sensitive gums, giving the final print more than one color" - given that, is it correct to present it in black and white? Admittedly the original scan doesn't show much colour either; all the other language Wikipedias with an article on it (and our article on Steichen) use this version (I'm guessing from a different print), which is lower-resolution but seems to do a much better job showcasing the unique aspects of this particular photo. TSP (talk) 15:39, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the scan is only a black and white copy. Regards, Yann (talk) 07:30, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - a black and white scan is not a good representation of this work which notable for its colour. I'd recommend it be replaced by this version in articles. TSP (talk) 00:47, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per TSP. This is definitely a featureable photo, but this B&W reproduction is not. MER-C 12:21, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:56, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]