Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Samurai with sword
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. 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 --Twilightchill 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 TC 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. Twilightchill 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)
Promoted File:Samurai with sword.jpg --I'ḏ♥One 23:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC)