Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Leshan Giant Buddha

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)

Support as nominator --Pericles of Athens^Talk 09:15, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Great subject, not so great photo. Looks to have been taken at a less-than-ideal time of day and is of very borderline resolution: 1000px is an absolute minimum and shots like this generally need to be much bigger to qualify. --mikaul^talk 11:56, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 Athens^Talk 12:13, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per mikaul. reproducible shots like this need to be higher quality. Cacophony (talk) 02:13, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The file has just been updated to the original, slightly higher resolution after a request.--Commander Keane (talk) 06:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent! It is now 1,600 × 1,200 pixels in size. I hope the reviewers will reconsider.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 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]

Oppose I've seen a few Giant Buddha in my own time, so I think something similar is repeatable. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Maybe VP, not sure it would pass there either, to be honest. ceranthor 13:47, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --wadester 16 18:37, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]