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OriginalGreat blue heron (A. h. herodias), New York City, U.S.
Reason
Quality lead image, depicts the subject well. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Great blue heron
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Rhododendrites

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:52, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalDaniel Bernoulli, around 1720 to 1725
Reason
Daniel Bernoulli, a prominent mathematician and physicist. For details see the lead section of his article and Bernoulli's principle which is used today in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics (flight). The image can use a slight touch-up (some of the bright dots can be removed and the crop can be slightly larger), which I will do if this nom gets a couple of supports.
Articles in which this image appears
Daniel Bernoulli, St. Petersburg paradox
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Unknown

Promoted File:Porträt des Daniel Bernoulli - edit1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:04, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Almond in shell, shell cracked open, unshelled and blanched seed
Reason
High quality image, good depiction of the subject.
Articles in which this image appears
Almond, Nut (fruit)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Almonds - in shell, shell cracked open, shelled, blanched.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:25, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalLeonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper
Reason
High-resolution image of a very famous painting.
Articles in which this image appears
The Last Supper (Leonardo), Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
c:User:Binarystring

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A greater crested tern in flight
Reason
Featured on Commons in October last year. Not technically optimal, but the wow factor, EV and difficulty make up for it.
Articles in which this image appears
Greater crested tern
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Crested Tern - Mortimer Bay.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:56, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Twin fan worm (Bispira volutacornis), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal
Reason
Featured on Commons last month. Lead image.
Articles in which this image appears
Bispira volutacornis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Espirógrafo (Bispira volutacornis), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 43.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:33, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Sawfly (Nematus miliaris) larvae near Lake Kerkini, Greece
Reason
High quality large image of these voracious larvae. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Sawfly, Nematus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:32, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) male on the Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Green kingfisher, American green kingfisher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) male 3.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:38, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalGraptopsaltria nigrofuscata, the large brown cicada, is a species of cicada in the genus Graptopsaltria of the family Cicadidae found across East Asia, including Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and China.
Reason
High EV and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
池田正樹
All been said before. – Sca (talk) 15:53, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that POTD issues should be consider separately to FP issues. Articles can improve seperately, and whilst this night be blocked from POTD until the article improves, it also allows for a far better focus on the article if the article is short which can be beneficial.I
However, we've created a worse problem now: having a discussion where you pull people to the FPC page who haven't yet voted on it kind of feels a little too close to canvassing for votes by the people this linked to count. I don't think there's any ill intent, but it's hard to see how to move forwards from this short of restarting the nomination. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 16:58, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not canvassing for this nom - it's not mine! Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:09, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No accusation intended; just feel like I shouldn't vote in it now, y'know? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 01:08, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:48, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Poster for the première of Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande
Reason
While the poster was made with some sort of early photogravure technique (called a phototype on the poster, but that's... not particularly helpful in identifying it) and somewhat shows it, it's also a poster for a landmark opera, which I think forgives a fair bit.
Articles in which this image appears
Pelléas et Mélisande (opera) (stable for 2 years as the lead there, albeit in an incomplete restoration); also four other pages, literally just added now, that cannot possibly add more EV than the opera's article and so can be ignored.
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Georges Rochegrosse, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Georges Rochegrosse - Poster for the prèmiere of Claude Debussy and Maurice Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:54, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The approximate position of the shoreline during the three stages of Lake Estancia
Reason
High quality map that I created using public domain data that I think fulfills the FP requirements
Articles in which this image appears
Lake Estancia
FP category for this image
Maps
Creator
Guerillero
  • Support as nominatorGuerillero Parlez Moi 13:09, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • This could be high quality work, but difficult to validate and could be interpreted as OR. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:09, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The secondary source in the description states that the water level was at 1,939 meters for Early Estancia, 1,897 meters for Late Estancia, and 1,870 meters for Lake Willard. I literally tell you the exact Digital Elevation Model tiles that I used. It might take you 3-4 hours to mosaic them, clip to the area of interest, generate the contours, and then select out the wanted contours, but an experienced geographer could easily repeat what I did. You can also compare the shape of my map to maps found in other publications. While I did not use them while making this map, they reflect what this map shows: Early, Early, Early and Late -- Guerillero Parlez Moi 15:38, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
OR is Original Research. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:07, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I know and I gave you four secondary sources with the information: the three linked above and the paper which has the facts that I used. If you look at that paper, there are also maps in it that can be used to cross check. How can it be OR when I am following, facts from secondary sources. --In actu (Guerillero) Parlez Moi 22:29, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lake Estancia and Lake Willard.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:02, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalMarian Anderson, African-American contralto and civil rights activist who opened up a lot of doors for herself and held them open for others.
Reason
High quality image; nice use of contrast. The background's one of those sorts of things that are very much of this era, which is fine; image is Carl Van Vechten, who is great here as usual.
Articles in which this image appears
Marian Anderson +14
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
As far as sharpness, I judge it at 50% which is still 1600+ pixels. It's a historic photo, so I am not picky with technical quality. The EV wins. Bammesk (talk) 14:44, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Struggling at Commons right now... Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:01, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Commons... I don't think gets historic photography sometimes, especially not how it relates to candidness vs quality. It took quite some time for a photo not in a studio to even come close to studio quality, especially in a dimly lit nightclub. Hell, studio photos of the 1910s are generally way worse than those of the 1870s, but you didn't need to strap yourself to a pole. This is a good candid photo, especially given photographers of the day knew fell well the maximum quality of reproduction they'd be getting: by and large, a few exceptions aside, halftoning puts a maximum sharpness that needs be cared about for the whole of the last half of the 20th century. That we can see these images and they hold up so well now says a lot about their talent, little as it might have gotten seen in full during these photographers' lifetimes.
FPCs at Commons can pretty readily fall to judging everything by modern standards, and encyclopedic value is explicitly not a consideration there, so things that would never pass here pass there, and vice-versa. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 17:52, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Marian Anderson.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:32, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalHeart Nebula, and Fish Head Nebula on top right corner.
Reason
Quality image of Heart Nebula. The Fish Head Nebula is in the top right corner. Captured by amateur astrophotographer Ram Samudrala. Color is captured using three 'Hubble palette' filters (Ha, Sii, Oiii). FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Heart Nebula
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Ram Samudrala

Promoted File:Heart Nebula (2020-08-11).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:44, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Orange chat, Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC this month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Orange chat
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Orange Chat 9034.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:38, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Flower of common butterwort (front view)
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Pinguicula vulgaris
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Pinguicula vulgaris flower (front view) - Keila.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:42, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Lawyer Rosalind Goodrich Bates in 1931
Reason
Quite a nice picture. Pretty standard lighting for the era, good resolution and quality. Your classic "notable person doing what they're notable for" shot, or as near as you can get when photography isn't allowed in court.
Articles in which this image appears
Rosalind Goodrich Bates
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others seems to have all the lawyers, unless we want to add a category. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Law. We did make a new category.
Creator
Uncredited; restored by User:Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Rosalind Goodrich Bates (1931).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:42, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalJuanita Hall in the rôle of Bloody Mary in the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific.
Reason
Getting photographs from major Broadway shows of this quality is rather rare, and this is an amazing image for Juanita Hall, way better than anything else we had for her. It's not perfect, but that's the thing about Van Vechten: He's a window to a period of time that no-one else covers in the same way. Probably going to be seeing a number of his photographs related to the Harlem Renaissance this month because Wikipedia's celebrating the American Black History month (the British one is October), and I'm quite happy to take an extra push.
Articles in which this image appears
Juanita Hall, South Pacific (musical)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:16, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Stainless-steel Starship spacecraft
Reason
This image is the highest resolution of the Starship spacecraft, with minimal technical flaws. It is part of the rocket which is also called Starship, which there is no free image to date. Although newer prototypes of Starship have been photographed, Starship SN16 is close to the general form of the final design.
Articles in which this image appears
SpaceX Starship, SpaceX launch vehicles, SpaceX
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
Lars Plougmann

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:38, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Cloisters of Moissac Abbey
Reason
Nice EV describing the abbey cloisters and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Moissac Abbey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Benh

Promoted File:Cloisters of Moissac Abbey.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:37, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – An adult crested caracara in Serra da Canastra National Park, Brazil
Reason
Good EV and quality
Articles in which this image appears
Crested caracara, Caracara (genus)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Merops

Promoted File:Schopfkarakara.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:55, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalKoppie foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans spumans) nymph, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens, Roodepoort, South Africa
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Koppie foam grasshopper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • I cannot find a learned article to add anything about the nymph. Hence the image itself is so important. I added it to infobox as, when you come across these insects like I did, you naturally assume they are two diferent grasshoppers. At that time, Wikipedia was of no help. It is now, which is what we should be all about: sharing knowledge to improve the encyclopaedia. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:24, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Koppie foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans spumans) nymph.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:06, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalKoppie foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans spumans) adult, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens, Roodepoort, South Africa
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Koppie foam grasshopper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Koppie foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans spumans) 3.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:09, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalVenus Anadyomene by Titian
Reason
High-resolution image, of obvious encyclopaedic value to the article on the painting.
Articles in which this image appears
Venus Anadyomene (Titian), Venus Anadyomene, Venus (mythology), Aphrodite
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Titian

Promoted File:TITIAN - Venus Anadyomene (National Galleries of Scotland, c. 1520. Oil on canvas, 75.8 x 57.6 cm).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Poster advertising performances by Sissieretta Jones
Reason
While the text on the poster may annoy me, I think a bright, colourful image of Jones herself is very good at bringing interest in. And it does kind of fit with how her talent and her race interplayed: Being invited to sing for four consecutive U.S. Presidents, but having to use the back door until Theodore Roosevelt finally invited her to use the front door.
Articles in which this image appears
Sissieretta Jones +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Metropolitan Printing Co., restored by Adam Cuerden
  • I get that, but... well, I try not to judge how the past presents itself. I presume they're meaningful, even if I don't have the specific knowledge to identify them: she sang for the British Royal Family and four U.S. Presidents, so I presume they're significant medals, not just random costume props, since this isn't advertising her in a role. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 18:55, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Checking the dates, it would presumably need to be from her Carribean tour. Now, my knowledge of Carribean politics of the time is very weak, but if it's anything like today, that's a lot of small nations who might well throw a ceremony at a popular entertainer. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 18:59, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For comparison: . Little too similar, maybe to put both in the article. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 21:06, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Well, between The Black Patti Troubadours and the 2012 biography "Sissieretta Jones: The Greatest Singer of her Race" and that appearing on her gravestone and the plaque, every line on that poster is relevant to understanding something in her article. I may not like the phrasing, but it's tied up in her legacy. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 08:56, 12 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:1899 poster of Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:08, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalNikola Tesla in his laboratory in Colorado Springs, U.S., in 1899, next to his "magnifying transmitter"
Alt – without handwriting (for depiction)
Reason
A photo of Nicola Tesla's work, a pioneer in AC electric power generation and distribution, and co-inventor of the Induction motor. Also known for Tesla coil, Tesla (unit) and Tesla (car). In this photo he is sitting in his laboratory in Colorado Springs, U.S., next to his magnifying transmitter. This photo is still used in books and articles [4] [5] [6]. The photo was shot in multiple-exposures (i.e. the film was exposed with and without him present). This is probably the most iconic photo of his work. At the time, the photo was used to promote his work.
Articles in which this image appears
Nikola Tesla, Tesla Experimental Station, Science and technology in the United States, + other versions in several articles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Dickenson V. Alley, restored by Bammesk
  • Comment Do I understand that the photo could exist without the writing, but the example that was scanned did have writing on it? And the writing is removed presumably by cloning the floorboards? My feeling is that the writing and signature are part of the interest, and keeping it is more honest and really more interesting. ProfDEH (talk) 19:01, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • About your first sentence: not totally. The image was captured in a 1899 photo shoot. (On a sidenote: a different version from the same photo shoot was published in June of 1900 in this magazine figure 8.) The nominated version (with Tesla in it) was produced in multiple copies, distributed or published variously for promotion of his work. For example, the copy nominated here was inscribed for and sent to physicist William Crookes (see Tesla's inscription on the image and it is signed 1901). Here is another copy inscribed to/for someone else (if you zoom in, certainly the handwriting is not identical to the nominated copy), it's a different copy. In short, there are more than one copy (or one print) of this. I have seen this image many times, my recollection is mostly without the handwriting (as in the 3 examples linked to in the reason section). The copy nominated here is a high resolution, well preserved copy, and it is the William Crookes' copy (he must have been a good archivist!), and it's published by a reliable source [8]. There is no reason to assume the handwriting is fundamentally inherent to the image, it is not. We can keep the image as is in order to preserve the provenance of this particular copy "on the image itself", or we can remove it to depict the actual image which was circulated in various forms at the time. I support either way. Bammesk (talk) 20:16, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • About your second sentence "cloning the floorboards": If you look closely here, the floorboards aren't cloned. The handwriting in dark ink is cloned, not the floorboards. It is not an easy fix, but that's what User:Lošmi did, and that's what I will do. Bammesk (talk) 20:37, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perhaps Tesla had prints made with the lower part "dodged out" to make the space lighter and suitable for writing? Thus, it is a "doctored" photo, and I prefer the original without text. --Janke | Talk 14:01, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either' It's really quite normal for old photos to be writtenon, but it varies as to whether it's worth keeping. Ggiven a preference, I'd go with writing here. As an aside, the amount of information I've found out by trying to read the writing is immense, like date of the photo. I it's often mirrored because of the side of the negative available for writing, so if I can't read it, I do a flip. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 19:43, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – View of the entire island of Crete, taken from the International Space Station.
Reason
This photo shows an excellent view of the island with great EV, also demonstrating the phenomenon of sunglint from light reflecting off the sea.
Articles in which this image appears
Crete, List of islands of Greece, Geography of Greece, Drapanias
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:03, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalPearl Bailey in the role of Butterfly in St. Louis Woman
Reason
I think there's a lot of character to it. It gives a strong feeling of her acting, and I can't find any evidence of any other images from this show, so... I'm a bit nervous given the complete disinterest in the photo of Juanita Hall in a much more famous musical below, but... well...
Articles in which this image appears
St. Louis Woman
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 00:32, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Original background very overexposed isn't it? Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Charlesjsharp: Can't argue with that. I was a bit hesitant with this one, but Bailey herself came out so well that I thought the background mattered less. In its defense, I will say that may be an artefact of photographing African-Americans with the film of the time which was better with lighter tones: Better to overexpose a background and get a detailed face. Of course, it's also possible the Library of Congress did a bad job with the reproduction; I've seen evidence e of that in images from this lot, like Shirley Graham, which Harvard has a way better copy of that I want. Sorry for my delayed response; I honestly don't know how I missed this yesterday while seeing Bammesk's, but it was kind of a bad day. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 16:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Portrait of Pearl Bailey as Butterfly in St. Louis Woman.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalCopper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus cupreus) female on Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin), Kakum National Park, Ghana
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Copper sunbird, Albizia julibrissin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus cupreus) female on Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:49, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Siberian squill flower (Ø 25 mm) in close-up view
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Scilla siberica
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ivar Leidus
  • Support as nominatorMER-C 17:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I don't like the background but won't go against unanimous vote. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:39, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've talked myself around to Support: this is the only image in the article photographed from a angle that shows the stake and pistils. I was hesitant as, for its size, that article is very stuffed with images, and the backlighting felt like the sort of gimmicky trick more suitable to Commons than here. But it's actually justified for a pendulous flower. I would gently suggest that this should probably have been in the nomination rationale, though. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 16:05, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:50, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Internal view of the Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie church in Brescia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Brescia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Wolfgang Moroder

Promoted File:Santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie interno Brescia.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:54, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalSedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) at the Otmoor RSPB reserve, Oxfordshire
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Sedge warbler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) 3.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:56, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalMarguerite Priola, in the role of Javotte in Leo Delibes' Le roi l'a dit.
Reason
Going back a bit (1873) in the history of photography for this. I think this is quite good for the time, and the scan is probably as high resolution as is actually there. In a very Field of Dreams (did anyone ever even watch that movie at the time? I know it solely from references) moment, I was told that if I restored it, an article will come. I did, and it did.
Articles in which this image appears
Marguerite Priola, Le roi l'a dit.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Alexandre Quinet, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 17:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question There's a full length picture accredited to Reutlinger on the web. Slightly different pose. Might even be the same sitting. Is this one a crop? 21:50, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
    • Well, this is the version as distributed (The newspaper/magazine Paris-Théâtre - or possibly Hebdomadaire? - literally stuck photographs to its pages, as seen here) and I'd be inclined to trust the Quinet attribution given it's in the newspaper itself. Also, Reutlinger's works are pretty well documented - here's volume 50, for example - and, while it's not proof, as a consequence of this, it's usually pretty easy to find evidence of a Reutlinger photo existing if it is by him by a simple search of Reutlinger + surname on Gallica.
That said, the Album Reutlinger, as roughly contemporaneous, does give some proof of photographs in the same sitting with multiple choices of zoom. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 22:33, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support as not cropped. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:40, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mademoiselle Priola de l'Opéra Comique, rôle de Javotte dans "Le Roi l'a dit" de Delibes.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:41, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas
Reason
Good quality, lighting, EV and composition. Though there is a glare in the spectacle, it is not much distracting the image/eyes and I seriously did not want to manipulate the image by removing it. The impossibility of getting good quality pictures of judges adds high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Bechu Kurian Thomas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Law
Creator
Mydreamsparrow
Charlesjsharp, my major contributions are towards the Indian judiciary and especially Kerala state judiciary, the highest judicial system in the state. I don't think there are much contributors specifically on this particular area since the availability of material and photographs are very less and difficult. I don't know how to explain the difficulty of getting a portrait of a judicial officer. Moreover, as you suggested in some other discussions, the article is not the criteria for considering FPC. As far as the other objections are concerned, I did not want to manipulate the image, that is they I left it as it is for consideration. DreamSparrow Chat 05:55, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Does the Kerala state judiciary has any interest outside Kerala? I suspect not. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:38, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I know Bammesk, but hope you understand the difficulty to give a direction for pose or composition arrangement to a 'Judge'. Helpless. I could take the better way possible. DreamSparrow Chat 18:40, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If that be so, Hima Kohli, P. S. Narasimha, Bela Trivedi, Nicholas Hamblen, Lord Hamblen of Kersey, Ben Stephens, Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare are also not notable according to you ? They are also doing their job but notable. The same way he holds the position/his job makes him notable. DreamSparrow Chat 18:36, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I guess we have different ideas on notability. Certainly the British examples are not notable in my view. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:27, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
May be the difference in idea Charlesjsharp. But Charles, let me make it more specific, we cannot consider the notability of persona in a single general way, kindly have a look at this too David Paciocco, Bradley W. Miller, Alison Harvison Young, David H. Doherty, George Strathy, Frank Marrocco, Sarah Pepall (single line article), Faye McWatt. All of them are notable only because they hold the particular office. But it doesn't mean that, they are doing nothing to the society. It is only because we have very less contributors in the area which is too boring and complex. Especially to contribute about persona is much more difficult comparing to other subjects and that may be one of the reasons for less or inactive contributors in this area. Moreover, if am not wrong, since I started creating articles about the judges of Kerala judiciary, there were very few judge's articles and that is the major reason for major contributions are made by me only ha ha. I am trying to do my level best and will continue as much as possible to expand/create the articles. Answer to your earlier point, Does the Kerala state judiciary has any interest outside Kerala?, yes of course and you may not be aware of it. That's why I called it as boring and complex subject. I think I am the only contributor concentrating particularly on this subject. Hope you got my point and appreciate my effort: DreamSparrow Chat 04:24, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:07, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalWalter Francis White, leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1929–1955, notable for going undercover (he was mixed race, but could pass as white) to investigate lynchings.
Reason
High quality, good pose, notable photographer, and a very important person: kind of the classic trifecta of a historic image featured picture. Forgive the number of nominations, just been having some anxiety issues, and find image editing relaxing, which, well, has put a lot of time onto restoration.
Articles in which this image appears
Walter Francis White (+ gallery use in Clara Sipprell, where I'd say it's probably the best-looking image)
FP category for this image
Given the same logic we use for suffragettes, I'd say Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political, since he sought political solutions to injustice.
Creator
Clara Sipprell, restored by Adam Cuerden
I think trying to judge 1950s photography by today's standards is rather a mug's game. His face is hardly badly out of focus. If we go down that route, and ignore the pools of images we have to select from we're going to redirect all work towards only the most well-photographed people. At the moment, every single person of colour I nominated this month is not passing, and I think that shows what happens if we try to hold historic, literal museum-quality photography (this is from the Smithsonian) to modern standards. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 17:39, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well, this is about 1950 - using a large-format camera (which I suppose was used for this photo), the sharpness could be on par or even better than most digital shots today (albeit with a lot less DOF), this focusing error is unfortunate. Besides, with three more supports, this will pass despite my vote... ;-) --Janke | Talk 19:15, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Walter Francis White by Clara Sipprell.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:13, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalEdmonia Lewis, or "Wildfire" to give her Ojibwe name, was a sculptor of the Neoclassical school, internationally popular for a time before Neoclassical art fell out of favour, now being rediscovered
Reason
While the age - 1870 - is somewhat going against the image quality: The original negatives, if they exist, tend to be far, far better than actual prints can be from that age - I think the quality of the image shines through. We also get a really good look, on her left-hand side (right as you're looking at it) at an example of one of the devices meant to help the sitter stay still long enough for the lengthy exposure cameras of the period needed. It's a very nice photograph of a notable person. One could argue as to whether this was intended to be cropped; if you want an alt, we can consider File:Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher (cropped).jpg
Articles in which this image appears
Edmonia Lewis and several others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Henry Rocher restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:07, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The 51 roadways in Washington, D.C. that are named after States or Territories
Alt 1 – The 51 roadways in Washington, D.C. that are named after States or Territories
Reason
Another high-quality map for your consideration
Articles in which this image appears
List of state-named roadways in Washington, D.C.
FP category for this image
Maps
Creator
Guerillero

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:19, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Comparison of elevations of some notable bridges at the same scale
Reason
Photos of famous bridges do not adequately show how large they are compared to one another. This SVG shows them all at the same scale, and lets the viewer highlight them interactively. Additionally, the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, the first bridge in 20+ years to become the world's longest span, is planned to open on 2022-02-26,ref and I think it appropriate to mark the occasion.
Articles in which this image appears
List of longest suspension bridge spans, Millau Viaduct, Russky Bridge, Çanakkale 1915 Bridge, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Tower Bridge, Chaotianmen Bridge, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Forth Bridge, Trajan's Bridge, Rialto Bridge, Ponte Vecchio
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Diagrams,_drawings,_and_maps/Diagrams
Creator
cmglee

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:43, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), Mudumalai National Park
Reason
High quality eye-catching image, FP at Commons (speed promoted in 5 days)
A perched raptor looking upwards is an unusual pose
Articles in which this image appears
Infobox image: Crested honey buzzard
Others: Mudumalai National ParkList of protected areas of Tamil Naduarz:حوام النحل الشرقىast:Pernis ptilorhynchusbg:Сибирски осоядca:Aligot vesper orientalcy:Boda mêl cribogeu:Pernis ptilorhynchusfi:Idänmehiläishaukkafr:Bondrée orientale
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Tagooty

Promoted File:Oriental honey buzzard Mudumalai Mar21 DSC01405.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:46, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalLest they perish poster campaign for the American Committee for Relief in the Near East, during World War I
Reason
Restored poster picture. High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Armenian genocide, Cleveland Hoadley Dodge, Near East Foundation
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator
William B. King, restored by Buidhe
  • Support as nominatorTheFreeWorld (talk) 07:58, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I don't like holding others to my own standards, but there's a lot of marks visible on the lower text area even at the file page preview size, and the bottom.edge has a lot of discoloration even at thumbnail. It's a halftone poster (which is fine), and I don't think every speck needs fixed on halftone, but the macro damage seems more of a problem. Unless you genuinely think that's intentional. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 15:53, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:20, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A full disk view of planet Earth. Taken on December 7, 1972.
Reason
Properly color-calibrated version of widely known NASA photo AS17-148-22727 (a.k.a., The Blue Marble). Scanned by Johnson Space Center/Arizona State University.
Articles in which this image appears
Earth, Planet, Ecology
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator
The Apollo 17 Crew/NASA JSC/ASU, restored by Aaron1a12

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:22, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Golden anemone (Condylactis aurantiaca), Pistol Bay, Paphos, Cyprus.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Condylactis aurantiaca
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
Creator
Diego Delso

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:23, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The lady chapel of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Ely Cathedral, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff

Promoted File:Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:27, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Wildlife at the Kenyan national game reserve of Masai Mara with the sun setting in the background.
Reason
Extremely stunning view of Masai Mara.
Articles in which this image appears
Masai Mara
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Isachenx (talk · contribs)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Recreation Yard was the yard used by inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. It is located adjacent to the Dining Hall northwest of the end of D-Block on a raised level surrounded by a high wall and fence above it.
Reason
Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Recreation Yard (Alcatraz)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Radomianin

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:10, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalNational Monument of Scotland, in Edinburgh.
Reason
Good quality and high EV, people help with scale
Articles in which this image appears
National Monument of Scotland, Archaeology Scotland, Scotland
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Colin
That is from the back, mind. You'd have to actively walk away from most of the stuff on Calton Hill to see that side of it,whereas the proposed image is the front side that it was "intended" to be seen from. I'd say your proposal is the better photo, though it is the same rough angle as the view from Salisbury Crags, the next photo in the article after the infobox, which I'm guessing is the reason it doesn't appear Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 17:09, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:10, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Small flock of grey-crowned babblers (Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis), New South Wales, Australia
Reason
Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Grey-crowned babbler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • It is technically correct to omit the ssp for the nominate species like this one. I now put in the ssp even for nominate ssp as it makes it easier for my file naming and for VI here. As a side comment, most bird watchers do not worry about ssp when doing their tick lists and claiming 'lifers'. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:20, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • A good point. Hm. The advantage of this is the variety of angles and behaviours, the big disadvantage is that, at thumbnail,none of that comes out very well. It's almost an image better as an FP than in the article. I'd support it on commons, think I need to think a little more here. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 20:25, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Grey-crowned Babblers 1605.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:43, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalEdward Mitchell Bannister (1828 – 1901) was an oil painter of the American Barbizon school. Born in Canada, he spent his adult life in New England in the United States. There, along with his wife Christiana Carteaux Bannister, he was a prominent member of African-American cultural and political communities, such as the Boston abolition movement. Bannister received national recognition after he won a first prize in painting at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. He was also a founding member of the Providence Art Club and the Rhode Island School of Design.
Reason
A rather nice cabinet card for a notable artist. Rather pleased with this one. The National Public Gallery (U.S.) is quite a good source.
Articles in which this image appears
Edward Mitchell Bannister
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Gustine L. Hurd, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edward Mitchell Bannister by Gustine L. Hurd.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:51, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalThe Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American Western film written, produced, and directed by Edwin S. Porter.
Reason
Likely the most important western film ever made, that has had a long-lasting impact since it's initial release. This copy is also a great quality copy of this film.
Articles in which this image appears
The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Edwin S. Porter

Promoted File:The Great Train Robbery (1903).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:53, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalCuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) , Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Cuban tree frog
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Think I'll at least Weak support and think about it. It's such a great photo except the weird pose. 20:20, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
  • Support The odd pose will attract viewers to lookup the Wikipedia article, one of the criteria for FP. They have sticky toe pads that aid clinging as demonstrated by this image. --Tagooty (talk) 09:32, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
A fair point. Upgrading my vote. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 02:06, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) male with leaf for building a nest, Kakum National Park, Ghana
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Village weaver
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) male with leaf.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:37, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) female, carrying egg sack.
Reason
High quality large image. Shows how female protects eggs by carrying them around with her
Articles in which this image appears
Pisaura mirabilis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Arachnids
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:41, 26 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalJohn Henry "Dick" Turpin was one of the first African American Chief Petty Officers in the U.S. Navy. He is also notable for surviving the catastrophic explosions of two U.S. Navy ships: USS Maine in 1898, and USS Bennington in 1905.
Reason
While I don't think the photo is perfect - it looks to me like his head moved very slightly - it's also a fairly iconic image of him, compare, say, [13], and his grave here, or this set of exhibition photos. I think the historic merit, the quality, and the paucity of images of him excuses some things. I'm also not entirely sure the issues aren't just down to him being African-American: I could totally see "darker skin, so longer exposure so the facial details come out".
Articles in which this image appears
John Henry Turpin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:32, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]