Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Helmet of Coţofeneşti

The Golden Helmet of Coţofeneşti edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Mar 2011 at 18:03:46 (UTC)

Original - The Helmet of Coţofeneşti - a pure gold Geto-Dacian helmet dating from the first half of the 4th century BC, currently at the National Museum of Romanian History

Reason: A very rare archaeological find and incredible work
Articles in which this image appears: Helmet of Coţofeneşti, National Museum of Romanian History
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Photographed by Radu Oltean, uploaded and prepared by Codrin.B

Support as nominator --Codrin.B (talk) 18:03, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The "XAT" reflection (at the top slightly left of centre) was the first thing I saw. Could we clone it out? I'm also not thrilled about the sharpness, or composition, but these things can be tricky in museums... Aaadddaaammm (talk) 21:14, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How about this one File:Helmet of Cotofenesti - Front by Radu Oltean.jpg?

Can we have second opinion here from someone who's not making it up as he goes along? But the XAT thing, is what looks like a reflection of the letters XAT vertically above the helmet. Do you see it? You could use a image editing software, like photoshop or gimp to edit it out. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 19:39, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The author took care of the "XAT reflection" and gave me another version, which I uploaded. Could your review this one? --Codrin.B (talk) 19:35, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The XAT thing is weird, maybe a reflection in the glass. Was this image shot through a glass display case? The XAT could be cloned out, but the angle of the helmet and the dark shadow below it are too distracting. Maybe a hand-held light below the helmet could reduce the harsh shadow if you could manage it without causing glare on the glass.Shroomydan (talk) 06:31, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Based on the quality of the subject's image that highlights very well details of the helmet. It should be also taken in consideration that this is about a 4th century BC artwork. I prefer this one File:Helmet of Cotofenesti - Front by Radu Oltean.jpg Boldwin (talk) 15:21, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- Harsh lighting, too tight crop (let the poor thing breathe!) -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:07, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]