Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leshan Giant Buddha

 
Original - A full view of the Giant Buddha Statue of Leshan, Sichuan, China
Reason
The Leshan Giant Buddha is an 8th-century Tang-dynasty (618-907 AD) rock sculpture carved into the cliff face at Leshan, Sichuan province, China. Since its completion in 803 AD, it remains the largest stone-carved image of the Buddha in the world. This image violates no mandatory criteria for FP status that I know of, and is 1,024 × 768 pixels in size.
Articles this image appears in
Sculpture, 8th century, Tang Dynasty, Sichuan, Buddhism in China, Stone carving, Leshan Giant Buddha, Leshan, China, Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
Creator
Ariel Steiner (with image improvement by Karelj)
Yeah, unfortunately the 2.0 licensed images that are available at Flickr really stink. You may be surprised to find out that this is one of the better ones available! There are better pics of the Leshan Buddha at Flickr, but none of them have a Creative Commons free license.--Pericles of AthensTalk 12:13, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent! It is now 1,600 × 1,200 pixels in size. I hope the reviewers will reconsider.--Pericles of AthensTalk 12:03, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Regretful oppose very valuable image, but I can not support with the blown out sky and purple fringing at the top of the image. Regards. —Krm500 (Communicate!) 23:56, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --wadester16   18:37, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]