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The aizkolari (axe-man) nicknamed Luxia ("long one") on a trunk-cutting bet. Year 1949, Deba, Gipuzkoa (Basque Country). The tree on the image was cut by a group in Nabarniz, Biscay, Basque Country and it's 2,1 meters tall. Joan Joxe Luxia Narbaiz ("Long Joan Joxe Narbaiz") accepted a bet of 50.000 pesetas if he was able to cut it. Finally, due to the extreme hotness he couldn't do it. Luxia was from Azkoitia.
Luxia aizkolaria Airoko-Pagoaren ebaketa erronkan zehar. 1949. urtea, Deba, Gipuzkoa. Irudiko zuhaitza Bizkaiko Nabarniz udalerriko koadrila batek bota berria zuen. Pagoak 2 metro eta 10 zentimetroko diametroa zuen. Ebakitzeko erronka Debako Joan Joxe Luxia Narbaizek onartu zuen, alde banatatik garaiko 50.000 pezeta gurutzatu zirelarik. Azkenik bero jasanezina zela eta, Luxiak amore eman eta lehia bertan behera utzi zuen. Luxia Azkoitiakoa zen.
Info It's a quite old image and maybe unique. Restoration can be easily done and what you call JPG artifact it's original image grain. -Theklan (talk) 11:51, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Well, it certainly is a high value documentary photograph, and a beautiful one. Unfortunately, the file is not of enough quality. Jpeg artifacts come from unskillful handling of the scanned image. The photograph was originally taken on a negative plate large enough to rule out any grain we can talk about. Although the latter I cannot be proven unless proper quality rescan is done. -- Blago Tebi (talk) 19:08, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment All that information about the image that you get when hovering the image should really also be on the image page itself. /Daniel78 (talk) 22:02, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support This photo is valuable ethnographic and strong dramatic, reminds me the old documentaries of Robert J. Flaherty. -- Euskalduna 0:14, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
Info created by Indalecio Ojanguren - uploaded by Akerbeltz - nominated by Theklan -- Theklan (talk) 23:51, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Support -- Theklan (talk) 23:51, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Oppose - needs lots of restoration work and neither the composition nor image quality are sufficient - Peripitus (talk) 01:59, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Comment All that information about the image that you get when hovering the image should really also be on the image page itself. /Daniel78 (talk) 22:02, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
