Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

 * Reason:Reasonably high resolution image of Thomas Edison. I was surprised there was no high resolution portrait of him on Wikipedia.
 * Articles this image appears in:Thomas Edison
 * Creator:Unknown photographer, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke


 * Support as nominator --Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 21:56, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak support His face is in focus, which is probably all we need. Right side of his face is lacking in color depth, which is hard to overcome given the overexposure of the original jpeg. The other half of his face blends into blurriness. But his eyes, mouth, and brow are impeccable, and his nose nearly so. It would be good to have an FP of him. Maybe we can sort out the troubling of dark specs on his left trapezius before we promote this. Papa Lima Whiskey  (talk) 22:39, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support GerardM (talk) 05:53, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Did you also upload the original tiff ?
 * Erm no, I didn't. My upload speed is abominably low I'm afraid. It's available at the Library of Congress if anyone should need it. :) -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 09:15, 20 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Support, though note that the statement that no other images exist at high res isn't true: a very young Edison can be found in this FP: File:Edison and phonograph edit1.jpg Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 06:17, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * You forgot to link to it rather than display it (in all it's high res glory on the page!). I've fixed it now. Diliff  | (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:59, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - lovely portrait, despite its age --Thanks, Hadseys 20:51, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

MER-C 10:18, 26 April 2009 (UTC)