Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Terraza del rey leproso, Angkor Thom, Camboya, 2013-08-16, DD 10.jpg

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File:Terraza de los Elefantes, Angkor Thom, Camboya, 2013-08-16, DD 10.jpg, featured[edit]

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Bas-relief in the Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire, today Cambodia. The 350m-long terrace was used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII (1125-1218) as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king's grand audience hall.
  •  Info Bas-relief in the Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire, today Cambodia. The 350m-long terrace was used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII (1125-1218) as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king's grand audience hall. All by me, Poco2 10:10, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco2 10:10, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 20:03, 15 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Arturo de Frias Marques (talk) 10:13, 16 August 2014
  •  Support --Rjcastillo (talk) 21:32, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 06:05, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I apologize in advance because I know this will sound rude, but FP has to be special in some way. Though of good quality and probably very useful in a wiki article, anyone can reach similar result with basically pressing the shutter in auto mode on a < $500 DSLR. - Benh (talk) 10:24, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, that sounds rude, does it have to? Poco2 23:28, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure I get it right, but of course it needn't be rude if that's what you meant. I just go straight to the point, so it sounds harsh, but I didn't use any offensive word, and I have nothing against you. Put in another way, it doesn't require any special skill, equipement, or even luck to catch this candidate. When I look at a candidate, if I don't ask myself "How did she/he do that?", "when was this taken?", "How long must have she/he waited?", "what kind of pocessing?", "what kind of rare equipment", "How fortunate she/he could catch this!", "How did she/he have the idea to take it from that point of view", "wow this must have demanded a long preparation"... then it's not FP. Otherwise, we might as well give away high end DSLR to everyone, and promote every pictures taken with them to FP. Again, just my opinion, and again my apologizes if it reads as too harsh. - Benh (talk) 12:25, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Benh: I didn't accused you of anything towards my person, no feelings hurt, but just remind that behind each picture there is a photographer who gives his best to the project.
    Regarding this nomination, I can just just say that the picture does amaze me, that is the reason why I actually nominated it. The place all around, the khmer heritage and bas-relieves like this one are featurable to me.
    Yes, it wasn't a complicated execution to manage the picture, but I don't live in Siem Reap and just took a walk to Angkor Thom to take this shot. Rather, I needed 3 flights to get there. Please, don't underestimate that effort in terms of time and investment, at least as long as we don't have a bunch of Cambodian contributors here, what I unfortunately doubt in the near future. Poco2 20:24, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Case closed for the personal issues :) Just wanted to make it clear (and I as far as I can tell, you behave very elegantly on Commons, anyways ;) ). For the picture, and criterias to FP in general, it takes me a lot of time and ressources to travel to South East Asia as well, but that doesn't mean every picture I took there is FP worthy. But you're right that feelings can be hurt in such situation, and it's always a struggle to find a balance between telling all the facts, and not hurting people. It's much easier to support than oppose, and I feel I'm the bad guy when I do so (and not to mention I can "make enemies" for my self nominations in the future!). - Benh (talk) 08:15, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Ю. Данилевский (talk) 12:02, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I'd prefer a crop, where no bodies would be cut to half (as can be seen on the right side). Johanning (talk) 14:12, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Johanning: good point, I uploaded a new version cropping out the half bodies on the right Poco2 21:19, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Norbert Nagel (talk) 21:56, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 7 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 16:24, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects
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