Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hercules of the Forum Boarium

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Original – A 2.41 metres (7 ft 11 in) statue of Hercules, a bronze-gilded statue from the 2nd century BC. Statue at the Capitoline Museum in Rome

Reason: High resolution, decent angle, good EV, notable statue. Only possible complaint that I can see is the grid in the background, but that can be blurred
Articles in which this image appears: Hercules of the Forum Boarium
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Marie-Lan Nguyen

Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:45, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the previous angle this was uploaded over, it seems like the pedestal is flat and parallel to the floor, so it might be worthwhile to rotate this a little. Chick Bowen 01:38, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My thought was the wall was curved, but I'll double check. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:35, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Seems that it's the wall. Rotating this would make the statue not straight along the vertical axis. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:41, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Two things: First, I'm not sure what the problem is, but the area around where his feet hit the pedistal looks like it has some problems. Second, there's some text off to the left of the statue. If that's not related to the exhibit being shown, would it be appropriate to try and edit it out? I'm tempted to say that the vents on the back wall should be edited out too, but that seems a bit much. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:06, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

They can be blurred, easily. I'll check it out when I get on a more manageable connection. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:14, 14 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I don't like the manipulation of the text which apears to be a part of the museum itself and should not have been removed in my opinion. The ventilation system on the walls is still distracting but now I can tell that they lettering was photoshoped and a ghost image appears. I should also note the issue with the feet is the way the statue was created. The statue's proportions get larger towards the top of the statue. This is very common with ancient colossus statuary. It's not an issue that can be addressed with photoshop. It requires the image be rephotographed, looking up from a low position to see the statue as designed. I don't think this is a feature quality image and don't see that anything can be done to improve it to be such.--Amadscientist (talk) 07:41, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:42, 22 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]