Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sultan Pasha al-Atrash

Sultan Pasha al-Atrash

Reason

A leading figure of Druze military and political life in the twentieth century. This photograph shows Sultan al-Atrash in the Arabian desert during the period of the Syrian Revolution of 1925-1927. Restored version of Image:Sultan Pasha Al-Atrash.jpg.

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Sultan al-Atrash

Creator

American Colony (Jerusalem) photo dept.

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 10:10, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support- Well done, but not a very notable subject. Oh well, excellent enough. --Meldshal 15:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support He's notable enough to get a page for himself, so I support! :) Intothewoods29 (talk) 19:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support because I'm slightly freaked out by his pale irises in this photograph. They seem darker in the other one in the article. I'll just assume that his irises were yellow, which seems to be a rare trait most often found in Middle Eastern people. Still, if I had confirmation of that, I'd be a happier chappy. Shoes... Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 19:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • My guess is that the photographer opened up a large flap in the opposite wall of the tent in order to get enough sunlight into the space. That creates a large white reflection in the subject's eyes which wouldn't have been necessary under studio conditions. Durova^Charge! 02:25, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• • What is the naural color of irises in black and white (monochrome... B&W is old fashionned...) ? Great question ! In color photography irises are indeed red ! If not, what's the purpose of "red eyes removal" ? In real life I don't no they are any color they want IMO. Ericd (talk) 00:31, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • FWIW, red-eye has nothing to do with color photography; it happens with poor flash usage when light from the flash is reflected back into the camera with a red hue from behind the pupil (never the irises). A similar effect (with overly bright pupils) would occur in black-and-white photography. Thegreenj 20:09, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • This doesn't have the shape or location of a flash reflection, nor is it likely that large flash equipment would have been hauled through the Arabian desert in 1926. It's probably sunlight. And have a look at the remainder of his irises: he may have had blue eyes. Durova^Charge! 21:26, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yeah, it almost certainly doesn't have anything to do with flash, given the lack of reflection and the fact that it's limited to the iris, not the pupil. Thegreenj 22:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 03:58, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - this image meets all the FP criteria.--Avala (talk) 21:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Sultan Pasha Al-Atrash2.jpg --jjron (talk) 13:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]