Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Samurai with sword

Samurai with sword
Voting period ends on 9 Sep 2010 at 20:39:19 (UTC)
 * Reason:The pic hunted down recently looks like one of the few decent samurai photos on the web (most likely, features a katana).
 * Articles in which this image appears:Samurai, Sword
 * FP category for this image:History
 * Creator:Felice Beato


 * Support as nominator -- Twilight chill t   20:39, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support Very rare, very interesting. Eye-catching. What appears to be depth-of-field issues is failure to hold his right arm and sword still for what was no-doubt a very long exposure; Fujifilm wouldn’t be around with the fast stuff until 1934. Greg L (talk) 23:58, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Support The quality is good for a photo taken in ~1860, but the EV is undeniable. Very fascinating photo -- mcshadypl T C  01:49, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support very nice and valuable -- George Chernilevsky talk 10:50, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support, absolutely amazing. --Golbez (talk) 14:15, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The white dagger hand on his left thigh is tantō I think. Twilight chill  t   14:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support Noodle snacks (talk) 23:34, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support --Avenue (talk) 13:03, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. High EV, especially considering the year of creation. - Darwinek (talk) 16:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

-- I'ḏ ♥  One  23:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC)