Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Great Sphinx of Tanis

Great Sphinx of Tanis
Voting period ends on 11 Apr 2024  at 02:20:19 (UTC)
 * Reason:High quality lead image in the Tanis Sphinx article. This sculpture potentially dates back to around 2000 BC or perhaps earlier. I placed the image in the infobox today. It replaced a very similar lower quality image, so I think we can take an exception to the 7-day waiting period. The resolution is high 9700x7900 pixels. It was shot with a medium format camera. The uploader and photographer User:Shonagon works at the Louvre museum according to their Wikidata page.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Great Sphinx of Tanis
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
 * Creator: Unknown, Louvre Museum, photographer: Shonagon


 * Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 02:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose Has to stay in article for longer for nomination. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support - Great picture. I think the argument that this replaces a longstanding lesser-quality image is just convincing enough to waive the wait period. At the same time, this isn't a 1:1 replacement of a lower-res image, it's a new photo of the same sculpture from a similar angle, and a week wouldn't have been that long to wait before making the nomination. Since this is the nomination in front of us, I'll support it, but waiting out the week would have been better. Moonreach (talk) 14:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support – Quite good rez of a striking subject. (Crop could be tightened a bit at sides, tho.) – Sca (talk) 15:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose the lighting is not great, I understand the subject is in a museum where the photographer does not control the lighting but alas. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 23:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 05:31, 11 April 2024 (UTC)