Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Moai Rano raraku.jpg

The Moai on Easter Island

 * Reason:A high resolution image, good detail, highly encyclopedic (showing upright and fallen Moai), excellent composition of the three figures. An aesthetically pleasing image of a unique and striking subject.
 * Proposed caption:The iconic Moai of Easter Island are monolithic human figures with overly large heads, most likely representations of deified ancestors. Produced between 1250 and 1500 C. E., all but 53 of the 887 known Moai--including the three pictured--are carved from tuff (a compressed volcanic ash) from the Rano Raraku quarry. With some reaching heights of 10 meters (33 feet) and weighing 86 tons, the creation and transportation of the Maoi illustrate a remarkable feat of human ingenuity.
 * Articles this image appears in:Moai, Easter Island, Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui National Park
 * Creator:user:Aurbina


 * Support as nominator Malachirality 03:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Support--Mbz1 03:57, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Sharpest detail I've ever seen on an Easter Island monolith picture. [I had never realized how much the Moai could have benefited from Proactiv Solution. :-) ] Unschool 04:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Nicely composed, and well-executed.--ragesoss 04:34, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose reluctantly - there is significant chromatic aberration along the left figures. de Bivort 04:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: It appears this is already featured: on 26 June 2006, but the nom somehow didn't get the proper links (no WP FP star, only a commons star) --Janke | Talk 06:32, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Already an FP. Indeed it is already an FP because I remember doing edits for its original nomination, but the original was promoted. In fact I still have copies of both the original and my edited versions on my computer. There's definitely something weird going on though, as apart from lacking the FP tag and star, the file history says a high res (1944×2592) version was only uploaded on 14 July 2007, but the 'original' version I have saved from June 2006 is already at that size. Can we just fix up the tags and close this. --jjron 08:12, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, it's filed as an 'Other' in the FP content categories. --jjron 08:17, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Already featured. MER-C 08:55, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Already featured. MER-C 08:55, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Already featured. MER-C 08:55, 25 October 2007 (UTC)