Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sul Ross statue

Sul Ross statue

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Jun 2010 at 13:18:26 (UTC)

Original - A statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross on the campus of Texas A&M University. Note the pennies at his feet: students of the university carry out the tradition of placing them there for good luck before exams.

Reason: High quality image, good EV for both the Sul Ross and Texas A&M articles.
Articles in which this image appears: Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Texas A&M University, Pompeo Coppini
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Sculpted by Pompeo Coppini, photographed by Jujutacular

Support as nominator --Jujutacular ^T · C 13:18, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is a useful image in two FAs, but something seems odd about the lighting.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:46, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too dark. It's hard to tell at a glance where statue end and tree to our left begins... Gazhiley (talk) 13:48, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: It would be incredibly useful if we could talk about the copyright status of the statue itself on the image page; especially as there is no freedom of panorama for statues in the United States. J Milburn (talk) 14:37, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Statue was erected in 1918 -> public domain. Jujutacular ^T · C 14:58, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Oops, I missed "on the image page". I've added this information. Jujutacular ^T · C 15:09, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too dark. Since the subject is the statue, the shot is too far away and too busy. The composition is a generic, square-on one that comes up short of having potential for being among Wikipedia’s best works. Greg L (talk) 23:59, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Gazhiley; also dubious EV for any of the cited articles. Spikebrennan (talk) 19:04, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The color balance seems too warm, and the composition is fairly ordinary. I wouldn't say the EV is dubious, just not outstanding. Fletcher (talk) 02:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular ^T · C 18:57, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn. I'll be taking criticism into account and possibly re-shooting another time. Don't want to waste any more of peoples' time however. Jujutacular ^T · C 18:57, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]