Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre

Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre

Proposed replacement - 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.

Existing FP for delisting

Reason

The existing FP of this view should be delisted as it does not specify a source, is of rather low quality, and is not now the best available version. The proposed replacement 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.

Previous nomination/s

Original FPC nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Boulevard du Temple.jpg.

The new 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 as there has since been a later (disputed) claim that Daguerre captured an image of a person a year earlier, in 1837.

Nominator

MichaelMaggs (talk)

• Delist and replace — MichaelMaggs (talk) 21:56, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
• Replace - the new version is much better. --Janke | Talk 14:46, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
• Delist & Replace per nom. Spencer^T♦C 01:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
• Delist and Replace per nom. —Black and White 15:42, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
• Delist and replace per nom. Durova^Charge! 22:41, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Replaced with Image:Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre.jpg . MER-C 06:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)