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Pagoda of Fogong Temple

Original - The Pagoda of Fogong Temple, a Chinese wooden pagoda of Shanxi province that was built in 1056 AD during the Khitan-led Liao Dynasty, which at the time controlled a significant portion of northeastern China.

Reason: I believe this meets all the criteria, including no technical errors, no image manipulation, is well over 1,000 px, and demonstrates the topic in an encyclopedic but interesting way.
Articles this image appears in: 11th century, Liao Dynasty, Shanxi, Pagoda, Chinese architecture, Emperor Daozong of Liao, Chinese pagoda, 1050s in architecture, Architecture of the Song Dynasty, Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Khitan people
Creator: Gisling

Support as nominator --Pericles of Athens^Talk 23:21, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though is it just me, or could this be rotated ~.5 counterclockwise? ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 02:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. Perhaps it could, but I don't think that should detract much from its quality.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 02:58, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Generally, if a minor edit can make a very good image even better, it should be made: FPC is the best of the best, so as long as the edits don't cause harm, there's no reason not to do it. I'd do it myself, but photographs are not my speciality, so I don't like to meddle where others can do it better =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:17, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is all under the assumption that rotating it ~.5 counterclockwise will in fact make the picture look better. However, I wouldn't be opposed to the idea, just to see what it looks like.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 18:54, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support rotation. Looks tilted. Renata (talk) 18:08, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

~~Since every other picture of it in the Pagoda of Fogong Temple also shows it tilted, isn't there a chance that this - near 1000 year old - structure actually is tilted?~~ Guest9999 (talk) 01:14, 26 April 2009 (UTC) But maybe not to the degree in this image... Guest9999 (talk) 01:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. All the sources I used to create this article did not mention it being tilted This is probably because it is only slightly tilted and hence not very significant or worth mentioning (unlike the article for Huqiu Tower, where that pagoda is famous for being tilted).--Pericles of Athens^Talk 01:22, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So...who's up for the challenge of rotating the pic a bit? I am no expert in manipulating images; could someone help out?--Pericles of Athens^Talk 01:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I attempted to correct the rotation but found it difficult due to the lack of symmetry on either side. It is hard to make any assumptions about what 'straight' is. Even the foundations don't appear to be consistent and flat. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:32, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 11:23, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]