Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre

Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre

Original - The Boulevard du Temple was a haunt of Parisian lowlife in 1838 when this very early photograph was taken by Louis Daguerre, probably from the window of his apartment at 5 rue des Marais. The exposure of several minutes has blurred the traffic and the figures with the exception of the man having his boots polished. This image soon became known throughout the world through descriptions in the press marvelling at the kinds of details on show. It was long believed to be the first image of a human figure, but an 1837 image, also attributed to Daguerre, now vies for the title.

Reason

Famous historical image: one of the first photographic images of a figure, and a very early image from the inventor of the daguerreotype. This is a better version of an existing FP based on a new scan.

Articles this image appears in

The existing FP appears in Louis Daguerre, Timeline of photography technology and Boulevard du Temple. If this passes, those uses should be replaced with the new version. (I am reluctant to remove the existing FP image in advance).

Creator

Louis Daguerre

Existing FP, to be delisted if this version passes.

I suggest that the existing FP of this view should be delisted as it is of rather low quality and does not specify a source. This image is of higher resolution, is less contrasty, retains more detail in trees and roadway, is less aggressively sharpened, and has not been cropped at the edges. I have chosen not to restore the image as the damage is part of the historical record and could not be removed without a fair amount of re-creation of obscured parts.

• See Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Boulevard du Temple.jpg for the promotion of the existing FP.

The image caption is sourced from The Photography Book, Phaidon Press, London, 1997 and from the photography section of All-Art.org. It differs from last time there has since been a later (disputed) claim that Daguerre captured an image of a person a year earlier, in 1837.

• Support as nominator --MichaelMaggs (talk) 21:16, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose The new version looks overexposed and overly contrasted which omit details.--Caspian blue 23:25, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
• Comment - perhaps this would be better to Delist and Replace (at the bottom of this page) if you feel it is of higher quality. Intothewoods29 (talk) 23:38, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, will do that. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 21:46, 17 October 2008 (UTC)