Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sakyamuni Buddha

Sakyamuni Buddha


Shamelessly nominating my own picture. This is a photograph of the 5.5 8 mtr high gilded statue of the Buddha in Tawang Gompa. This depicts the Sakyamuni Buddha, the moment at which he attained enlightenment. The Buddha is seen in a "ground-touching" pose, where he touches his lotus with the tip of his hand and with a serene expression on his face. I've added this to the Buddha article, since it was lacking a picture from a well-known Gompa, and especially one in this state (pose). Do see the picture in it's full size - there's a lot of beautiful detail which is not apparent in the resized version.


 * Nominate and support. - doniv 12:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - Excellent example of what a good encyclopedic picture looks like. HighInBC 15:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - The severe perspective distortion makes this uncomfortable to look at.--ragesoss 17:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You mean how you are looking from the ground upwards? I believe that is what the artist had in mind. HighInBC 18:11, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but it's still problematic, in my opinion.--ragesoss 00:33, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Support Wonderful focus, great colours, excellent picture - Adrian Pingstone 20:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Excellent shot. I think the perspective works well. --Davepape 03:18, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Ragesoss. I'd like to see a pic of this as an FP, but I find this one awkward as well. --jjron 02:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - Is there anything that can be done to correct the photograph?. The real problem here (as is with most other gompas 123) is that this is a huge statue (26 feet) in a confined space.
 * Sure, take a picture using a perspective correction lens.  howch e  ng   {chat} 06:50, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I was hoping for software :) Anyways, I tried with Hugin but couldn't quite manage to get the desired results. Hopefully someone else would be willing to take a go - doniv 08:34, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

although it's awfully close. It's a pity more people didn't comment. Raven4x4x 02:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)