Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Original - Louis Armstrong playing trumpet in 1953. Armstrong has been described as "perhaps the most important American musician of the 20th century."

Unrestored version for comparison

Reason: High-quality and just plain awesome photo of Louis Armstrong performing.
Articles this image appears in: Louis Armstrong, Jazz, 20th century music, Scat singing, Culture of New Orleans, List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, List of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry, Singapore National Theatre
Creator: New York World-Telegram staff photographer

Support as nominator --Calliopejen1 (talk) 08:42, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I was going to nominate this picture! Great minds think alike. —Ceran ♦ ♦ (speak) 12:15, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I solid cleanup on a fine photo, which has excellent EV and visual appeal.--ragesoss (talk) 19:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question: Any reason why the 3rd slide (Armstrong's left pinky) is upside down? Other images show him having it the typical way, so I was wondering if this was usual for Armstrong to do this. Spencer^T♦^C 17:53, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent picture of an important figure in music. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:25, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support great and possibly even iconic photo of Armstrong. My only worry is the removal of the picture frame (?) in the upper left corner but I suppose that's not really any ethics violations since we link to the original and it isn't changing the subject at all. Nice restore. gren グレン 06:56, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Abstain I can't make my mind, I usually prefer untouched pic originals, however black frame in the corner bothers me. M.K. (talk) 13:05, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support original per above. ~ Wadester16 (talk) 22:57, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Caspian blue 04:32, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support It is a very gripping picture that captures his ability, I can hear him just by looking at it. Garkeith (talk) 21:42, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Louis Armstrong restored.jpg --Noodle snacks (talk) 03:03, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]