Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rama in Tirumala

Rama in Tirumala

Reason: I saw this review from July 2007 of this picture at the WP:PPR, where user:Enuja thought that if the image could be downsampled a little (to get rid of some of the graininess at full-resolution), it could be nominated for FPC. For some reason, the original nominator User:Vimalkalyan didn't pursue it further; moreover he has not been active on Wikipedia since mid-August 2007. So, I am taking the liberty of nominating it. I was wondering too, if someone here (more expert than I at downsampling) could downsample it to reduce the graininess? Thanks.

The picture was taken during the annual festival when the idols leave the main temple compound (where photography is prohibited) and paraded for the pilgrims and worshipers to view in daylight.
Proposed caption: The spectacular ornamentation on the idols of Lord Rama (center), his wife Sita (left) and brother Lakshmana (right) during their annual outing in the Vasanthotsavam festival at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh, India. The festival attracts followers from a wide range of Hindu traditions.
Articles this image appears in: Tirumala Rama Idol
Creator: Rameshbabu N.

Support as nominator Fowler&fowler «Talk» 20:40, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
REMOVE'D --⁪froth^t 21:14, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What are you? In junior high-school? You better withdraw those remarks and apologize, because a lot of people are going to be very upset at your pathetic attempt at humor. Fowler&fowler «Talk» 21:34, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the interest of good fait i implore froth to withdraw his remarks as they may be perceived as insensitive by some users. I Support btw, good picture. --Hadseys 23:23, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The interwebs is serious business rite? *rolls eyes*. But since this account is associated with my real life (name and pic in my userpage) fine, removed. Apologies to those offended by things they read on the internet. --⁪froth^t 00:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose because of composition, glare on ornamentation of idols, the fact that background people are grainy even at 1000 pixels, and whatever is going on at the lower left hand corner. Yes, I did say it might pass as a featured picture, but I didn't say I would vote for it. It does contribute very much to the article, though! Enuja (talk) 02:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - weak composition and low technical quality.--Svetovid 11:23, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~, sense of humour matters. You can't beat Professor to it. 59.91.253.102 15:13, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IP users do not have suffrage. MER-C 09:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose -- despite being a hard to obtain photo, the elements in the photo are too noisy and distracting. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:22, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose -- the image could definitely benefit from a lower viewpoint and better depth of field; the image has too many disturbing elements and most of it is unsharp. --Aqwis 18:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose colours are muddy. The picture needs to include some context so we can get a better understanding of what we're looking at. Matt Deres 16:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:14, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]