Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Storks samarkand

Storks samarkand edit

Stork nests on the Ulugh Beg Madrasa in Samarkand

I discovered this picture while writing Liberty ship articles. When I saw it, I was shocked to see how vibrant and beautiful it was. It was taken around 1912 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, a man who dedicated his life to the advancement of photography. It appears in the Samarkand article as the first picture. I believe that it is featured material.

Nominate and support. - American Patriot 1776 03:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Bottom looks a little dodgy (due to age?), bit on the low side of resolution, seems to be suffering from over sharpening. --Fir0002 12:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- The funky colors near the bottom are a byproduct of the technique Prokudin-Gorskii used. howch e ng {chat} 21:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. We've seen better (larger) color shots from this photographer before, I see no reason to accept such a small image this time. On a side note, I'd love to see a great frontal shot of this Ulugh Beg Madrasa place... looks lovely. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 02:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Too small, for one thing. howch e ng {chat} 21:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Per Fir0002 --Tewy 06:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Here's the original. This version has obviously been heavily processed, though, and my editing skills (and monitor) aren't good enough to get a high-res version up to the general quality of this one; someone else may like to have a go. Looking at the original also introduces a new problem: it isn't identified as "Stork nests on the Ulugh Beg Madrasa", merely as "Arched entranceway to a mosque with minaret"; so we may not even know what it's a picture of. TSP 14:13, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted Thygard - Talk - Contribs - Email ---- 00:18, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]