Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chinese Xin Shape Jewelry from Ming Dynasty Tombs

Chinese Xin Shape Jewelry from Ming Dynasty Tombs

 * Reason:This photo shows a piece of fine Chinese golden jewelry, which was one of the most beautiful antiques excavated from the Dingling, one of the Ming Dynasty Tombs. It was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) in China, by using gold, ruby, pearl, diamond and other gemstones, and of the size of a human palm. It is of the shape of a Chinese character '心' (read Xin), which literally means heart. This photo was taken at the Dingling Museum by me and, as to my knowledge, the only one available online showing this piece of jewelry. The picture is sharp and of fine quality (3,200 × 2,133 pixels). It is also one of the finest photos online showing the achievements of ancient Chinese jewelry making. The only flaw is the not-so-dark background, which can't be easily fixed without using expensive proprietary software that I don't have.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Ming Dynasty Tombs, Jewellery, zh:明定陵, zh:明十三陵, zh:珠寶
 * Creator:mlogic


 * Support as nominator --Elliot Li (talk) 10:32, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support, Beautiful ancient Chinese jewelry, and nice shot. Rjmaomao (talk) 13:14, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Technically, it's not amazing; the focus isn't stunning, the background's a little distracting, the framing's not great and it doesn't seem to have been taken from the best angle. However, my main concern is the lack of encyclopedic value. The jewellery is not discussed in the article on the tombs, while the specific dynasty is not mentioned in the article on jewellery. In both articles, it serves more as a "here is a pretty picture" than as anything genuinely encyclopedic. J Milburn (talk) 18:59, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose The quality is so-so.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:10, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 01:25, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose low DOF, unsharp. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 15:33, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

— Mae din \talk 16:58, 18 April 2010 (UTC)