Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Edo period Wakizashi.jpg

Edo period Wakizashi
Self-Nom: Very nice picture of a Wakizashi style sword mounting, Edo period, 19th century. The mounting is shown in the classical Japanese display position. The background also reminds me slightly of Mount Fuji. -- Chris 73 Talk 15:13, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC) 
 * Oppose . Not particularly sharp photo, and although I'm sure its illustrative, not really all that fascinating. Sorry but not quite a Featured picture in my opinion --Fir0002 10:56, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * change my vote to Support. I think the improvements to the image have made a difference. --Fir0002 23:53, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. In particular, I find the artefacts on the white cloth distracting. Enochlau 02:51, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Even after the edit, I still don't think I can support it I'm afraid. There are some white blotches towards the right near the sword now... and the grainy quality of what should be nice smooth patches of colour is still there. Enochlau 14:28, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. -Lommer | talk 05:59, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Denni &#9775; 03:20, 2005 Feb 2 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose - Actually its very nice, but the blur is perhaps a little too much even at medium resolutions. Obviously a tricky shot under low light conditions. - Solipsist 08:38, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Using Gimp I blurred the blue and black background and the white cloth, and also sharpened the sword itself (i.e. the image thereof ;) -- Chris 73 Talk 10:50, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * That's definately helped, although the pixel colour noise is still fairly visible on the full res. I should probably only go as far as neutral, but then this vote would be left inconclusive with no clear support. So given that its a good non-techie subject, works well enough at the medium resolutions and I wouldn't want to penalise an image just because the extra hires version shows imperfections, I'll go as far as weak support. -- Solipsist 16:00, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Promoted +4/-1/0 BrokenSegue 23:11, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)