Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tunis, Tunisia 1890s

Tunis, Tunisia 1890s

Original - Tunis, Tunisia, c. 1890-1900. Zaytuna Mosque is slightly right of center.

Edit 1 - an attempt to adjust the colors

Reason: Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia, as the skyline appeared in the 1890s. Restored version of File:Tunisia view 1890s.jpg.
Articles this image appears in: Tunis#Development_under_the_Protectorate
Creator: Detroit Publishing Co.

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 04:01, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There seems to be something of a color shift from the bottom to the top of the photograph. This makes it look a bit unrealistic. Any thoughts on this? Kaldari (talk) 20:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- See photochrom. Yes, it's artificial: colorization, nineteenth century style. Durova^Charge! 21:12, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Ah, well since the color isn't real anyway it seems like it would hardly be a sin to correct it further. What do you think? Kaldari (talk) 22:05, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've uploaded an edited version to give an example. I basically just removed the blue tint from the upper buildings and warmed the yellow tint of the lower buildings. I think I lost some of the green on the plants in the process though. Thoughts? Kaldari (talk) 22:41, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - BTW, I know absolutely nothing about restoring photochroms, so please take my suggestion with a grain of salt ;) Kaldari (talk) 22:55, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Your edit looks fine. The limitation of the medium is that they only had at most 16 colors to work with. Durova^Charge! 17:05, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Excellent composition of a part of the world featured on here. However I do have some concerns about the color and hue of the image. I know its artificial but I do agree with Kaldari on it making it looks more like a model and than a realistic shot. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 15:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, prefer colors in edit.--ragesoss (talk) 19:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More reviews, please. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 04:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support, Looks better - great pic.I Smashed TALK! 15:45, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not enough full supports in an extended period of time. The caveats proposed by one user do have weight and the fact that this user's !vote was note full does not allow me to promote the image. Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 15:55, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]