Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Camera obscura

Camera obscura

Original - Camera obscura, from a manuscript of military designs. Seventeenth century, possibly Italian.

Reason

An early demonstration of camera obscura from a seventeenth century manuscript. Restored version of File:Camera obscura unrestored.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

Camera obscura, History of the camera

Creator

unknown

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 23:06, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
• Support Quality is good, and in showing both the input and output image, this drawing seems to illustrate the concept more clearly than the other pictures in the article. A good restoration, too -- the original looks like hell.  :-) Fletcher (talk) 23:27, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
• Support - Great image and superb restoration. Fletcher's right, the original was in rough shape. Nice job, Durova. ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 02:37, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Thank you both. :) Durova^Charge! 03:09, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
• Support Excellent restoration! I agree with Fletcher: this picture illustrates Camera obscura better than any of the others. Makeemlighter (talk) 05:40, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Camera obscura2.jpg --Noodle snacks (talk) 05:48, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Jorge Martin Obras http://martinjorgee.wix.com/jorge-martin#!c%C3%A1mara-obscura