Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Darasuram spoked chariot wheel

Spoked wheel of chariot, Airavateswarar temple, Darasuram


One of the perfect examples of Chola art and architecture. The Airavateswarar temple is known for its rich sculptues and accurately carved figurines. I also feel that we need more pictures of Indian temple art making it to the main page.
 * Creator:User:Ravichandar84


 * Nominated by: Ravichandar My coffee shop  12:26, 6 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments:
 * Comment. Cropped too tightly.  What articles would this image illustrate?  Spikebrennan (talk) 14:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It's fairly accurate in its depiction of a 12-century chariot wheel. Also note the decorations along the circumference- Ravichandar My coffee shop 02:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the composition isn't really on - cropped very tight top and bottom, actually clipping off parts of the wheel, but with extraneous (and distracting) elements at the sides. You could perhaps try cropping 'square', i.e., just to the wheel, but only really worth it if you've got a version that's not clipped top and bottom. FWIW, I think a 'real' chariot wheel from the 12th century would have higher EV for a proposed article, and I'm guessing there's probably still some around, and if not there' be some pretty spot-on reproductions. I think it would really need to be able to represent the art or temple you mention. --jjron (talk) 13:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there was the wall to the right; to the left are the hind legs of the horse to which the chariot is yoked. It would have been difficult, too, if I had positioned my camera vertically instead of horizontally. Then, the sides of the wheel would not have appeared. Yeah, I'll upload a cropped image of the wheel.- Ravichandar My coffee shop 15:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * By the way, if I had taken a vertical shot, would it still satisfy the size requirements for an FP- Ravichandar My coffee shop 15:04, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not. The size requirements are simply at least 1000px on at least one side, though you tend to go a bit bigger, especially on shots like this. It sounds a bit of a difficult shooting situation, though I wonder why not just include more, such as the horse. The other thing to bear in mind, and as has been stated before at FPC, with some things it probably just isn't possible to take an FP quality image of the subject. --jjron (talk) 12:09, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
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