Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apatani

Apatani Tribals


The Wikipedia article on the Apatani tribals of Arunachal Pradesh, India was lacking a picture. And in this case, a picture is worth millions of words. They tattoo their faces and wear nose ornaments made of bamboo. Originally, this practise started because the women wanted to look unattractive to males from other tribes. Apatani women were considered to be the most beautiful among all the Arunachal tribes.

I took this photograph at a wedding celebration in Hija village, Ziro


 * Nominate and support. - doniv 16:48, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Good composition. -- Tewy  18:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Would support a larger version, once uploaded. Mikeo 20:01, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Response. Full size version uploaded. doniv 08:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Good quality, cropping is OK. Some post-processing might even improve this picture. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow. Mikeo 21:55, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral. I think the cropping is just a bit too tight. Also, what was the motivation for uploading 1024px? Just to be above the pseudo-requirement? Don't you have a higher resolution? Or do you just prefer not to shere a high quality version under a free license? If it should be space concerns with the wikimedia servers, don't worry. It is highly recommended to upload the highest possible resolution (somerestrictionsaplyvoidwhereprohibitedseepolicypagefordetails) . --Dschwen 20:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Dschwen, I can't speak for Doniv79, but I would be more than happy to share higher-resolution images for use on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Foundation projects. However Wiki doesn't allow Wiki-only licensing, so I have to decide what resolution to post for each of my images, with the understanding that they could be used commercially by anybody for any purpose.  Some images are higher res, some are lower. -- Moondigger 20:23, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Response. Unfortunately, this is the full frame. No cropping done on image. In that crowd, I was fortunate to get a composition like this :) doniv 08:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose. (Darn, edit conflict with Dschwen.) Cropped a bit too tightly. Blown highlights in hair tie and on background woman's forehead, though these aren't too objectionable. Just short of FP for me. -- Moondigger 20:23, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Response. Agree that there are blown highlights, but only on the hair scarf. The background woman's forehead is fine. doniv 08:38, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Her forehead has a hot spot -- whether it's technically blown (255,255,255) is irrelevant; it's a hot spot (lacking image information) even if it isn't 255,255,255. Ditto on the tight cropping comments -- whether it was actually cropped or not is irrelevant; if it wasn't, then it's framed too tightly. I'm sure the crowded conditions did make it difficult to get ideal lighting and framing. My comments are not attacks on your ability as a photographer - they are the reasons I'm not supporting this particular photograph for FP status. -- Moondigger 14:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Re the "hot spot", the best thing would be to just paint it in brown. Not always possible, but in this case, since the area is out of focus anyway, you'd get away with it. No such solution to framing though...:) Stevage 14:23, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - meets all criteria. --GoOdCoNtEnT 07:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - Nice subject, well composed, technically acceptable. HighInBC 12:47, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose per moondigger --Vircabutar 00:57, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Ashi b aka tock 04:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support in the end, the photo is about the nose ornaments, cropping makes sense. And it's a good, clear photo of something quite interesting. Lastly, look at Apa Tani - can you possibly argue that this image does not add a massive amount to that article? Stevage 09:23, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support, image adds significantly to the relevant article.--Peta 00:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)