Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Old Angouleme

Old Angoulême


This is a historic image from 1877, one of the very first color photographs printed on a paper base. (comment added by Janke)

The du Hauron article had an external jump for pic, considered to be the very first colour photo. I decided to upload a 886x634 retouched version. Changes include contrast and saturation.


 * Nominate and support. --Brand спойт 18:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose original. Not a very good scan. I've seen much better reproductions. Furthermore, this isn't the first color photo - it was made 11 16 years earlier, by James Clerk Maxwell. Also, not in any article, a requirement. --Janke | Talk 18:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed. --Brand спойт 20:15, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't it be better to put the new, better scan into Angouleme? --Janke | Talk 06:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * No response, so I did it myself. --Janke | Talk 21:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Support new scan, 1548x1132 pixels, which I just scanned and uploaded. Historically very significant, added to the Louis Ducos du Hauron article. A correction, too: it was taken in 1877, not 1872. Note how the cyan, red and yellow images overflow the edges of the photo, showing the subtractive color process. I added it to color photography, too. --Janke | Talk 19:18, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. This is historically significant, and the new scan is quite good. Nautica Shad e  s  13:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Support. The historical context alone would make me support this image, but also, I find it very visually appealing.  I particularly like being able to see the edges in the new scan. Spebudmak 00:43, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support new scan. Historically significant, etc per above.--Andrew c 00:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support New Scan. As above. Terri G 14:19, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support new scan - I wonder if anyone has a better scan of Tartan Ribbon, the first permanent colour photo? Warofdreams talk 16:32, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I have a couple of good reproductions. I'll see what I can do. --Janke | Talk 08:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. See color photography. Is it good enough to nominate - perhaps not? --Janke | Talk 16:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support new scan, superior quality, historically significant. - Mailer Diablo 17:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support new scan, This is a beautiful and historically significant photograph. Excellent quality. 152.23.96.133 20:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)Hunter
 * Support Historical is good. An excelent find. TomStar81 (Talk) 11:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 18:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)