Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sambisari 3

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Original – Sambisari temple complex in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This Hindu temple was built in the 9th century and rediscovered in 1966.

Reason: Well, here we go again. I think we're there now, though. This is ridiculously high resolution, well lit, and nice and sharp. It shows the whole complex, as the previous nom, but the sky is a bit clearer. Now no shadows from the bushes too. Big thanks to Diliff for giving me suggestions on photographing and stitching.
Articles in which this image appears: Sambisari
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Chris Woodrich

Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:03, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 17:51, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose ... because one can't see much detail in this shot. But since the original file is huge, it might be possible to crop in tightly to the inner structures — which in this view are just dark piles. (Who needs all that grass?)

PS: The cutline should say built, not "build." Sca (talk) 18:17, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As Nick indicates below, my main goal here was to photograph the whole site (i.e. the walls which have been fully uncovered as well) and not just the three temples. By necessity this means the individual temples don't have very much detail, as they are seen from so far off. I have fixed the typo. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:44, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support I agree that this image doesn't have "wow factor", but it appears to be as good an image of this site as would be possible to take from ground level, and clearly illustrates its layout and features. Nick-D (talk) 22:23, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Vastly superior to previous nomination (especially sharpness, which was my primary concern before). Mattximus (talk) 16:36, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great improvement and good illustration per Nick-D.--Godot13 (talk) 05:42, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, as an architectural writer, I would say that this is a usable image of the whole site. Amandajm (talk) 05:16, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Nick, this is good illustration of the overall site. Still scope to increase the wow factor next time the Merapi erupts :) Happy New Year! --ELEKHH^T 07:10, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If that happens, I'd rather get pictures of the mountain... but if we must have a temple in there, Candi Sewu offers a good view. Happy new year to you too! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:18, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good work. I spotted some red pixels that I've added as notes to the Commons page. -- Colin°^Talk 10:54, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the heads up. Version without hot pixels now being uploaded. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:00, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very nice, much improved. Jujutacular (talk) 01:32, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great photograph of the entire site. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 23:07, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Bellus Delphina ^talk 18:48, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sambisari Panorama (29 December 2013).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:07, 11 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]