Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Himeiji castle

Himeiji castle
Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2011 at 13:24:45 (UTC)
 * Reason:Beautiful image with high EV. High resolution, lighting seems good.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Himeiji Castle, National Treasures of Japan. Should probably replace File:Himeji Castle The Keep Towers.jpg universally.
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
 * Creator:Bgag


 * Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:24, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- Magnificent shot, truly. But unfortunately it suffers from excessive jpg compression leaving it lacking in fine, crisp detail and full of jpg artifacts. Imagine this shot at twice the resolution and perfectly sharp! JBarta (talk) 15:01, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * It would be my wallpaper in about 5 seconds. I'll see if Bgag is still active, and if he still has a version with less compression. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I've asked the uploader if he still has the original. If I ever go to Paris or return to Quebec, my French is liable to get me shot... Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:13, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking at a few of his other images, they all seem to suffer in the same way. Pity, he's got some great shots. JBarta (talk) 16:40, 3 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak oppose this version but agree that the same angle with better clarity could work. Hopefully the uploader will respond. Pinetalk 19:25, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * He has (on my talk page) and he says that on his trip to Japan he did not know much about compression and had a small memory card; he also suggests that we look at some of his more recent pictures, like in Syria, Jordan, and Taiwan. Oh well. :-( Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:09, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 19:46, 12 October 2011 (UTC)