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Kandariya Mahadeva Temple

A view of the shikara of the Kandariya Mahadeva at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh

A high-res picture of a temple at Khajuraho that I took in 1999 with my Nikon camera. It is one of the most famous temples from the period and I am somewhat happy with the way the photo turned out. It is linked on the Kandariya Mahadeva page and a self-nom for Did you know. I forgot to mention that I'd like the nominations to be defered to next week since I myself support the Somnath Temple picture Feature.

• Nominate and support. - Antorjal 20:45, 24 September 2006 (UTC) withdrawn --Antorjal 16:52, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. The image has blown over yellow shade. Looks like it is scanned out of an analog camera. In a lot of places, colours are missing. Also at a few places, dust particles on the photograph as much as 2mm across can be seen. Two of them are so big that they are visible in the thumbnail also. The photograph overall looks out of focus. It is usually difficult to focus with such large perspective, but on inspection, I find that everything is out of focus. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 12:26, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

The nomination is withdrawn per your comments. The photo was taken on a film camera and scanned. The "out of focus" business may be my inability to focus properly or that the scanning resolution is far greater than the picture resolution (i.e. the pic is blown up). The hue, saturation, and contrast can be corrected to a major extent but the spotting can not. Thanks for your comments. --Antorjal 16:52, 1 October 2006 (UTC)