Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kobe Beef

Original - Kobe Beef in Japan. There are four filets pictured, the one in front is the highest grade of Kobe Beef.

Reason: Technically it is a good picture, the subject is in focus, crisp colors, etc. The image has a large resolution that well exceeds Wikipedia's required minimum for a featured picture. The image is the best example in Wikipedia regarding Kobe Beef. It can therefore be argued that it is an exemplar graphical representation of Japanese food culture, The high detail on the marbelling of the beef gives a valuable representation of what high grade kobe beef looks like. The image has no artistic characteristics, it is a straight forward picture of real Kobe beef. It is therefore informative and adds encyclopedic value to the articles it links to.
Articles this image appears in: Kobe beef, Wagyu
Creator: iamorlando

Support as nominator --iamorlando 23:21, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry, but the angle and lighting is poor. The background isn't pleasant and the image overall seems to be too soft (not sharpened). The illustration isn't bad, but it isn't FP material. Zoo Fari 23:31, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per ZooFari. I have heard of Kobe Beef before via Iron Chef though. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:15, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for composition and lighting. Good EV, though. Take a look through the galleries for FP-quality photographs of food. Spikebrennan (talk) 17:32, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --wadester 16 19:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]