Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Reason: This panorama is a striking image of the most famous buildings of the Temple of Heaven; it captures the wide openness of the place and the backdrop of empty sky in a way that the cramped close-ups do not. This image, IMO, has great encyclopedic value, adds a lot to the article, and furthers reader interest. Moreover, it's a good stitch and is technically sound overall.

Proposed caption: Panorama of the The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Emperor's last stop on his yearly sojourn to the Temple of Heaven Complex. Here, on a wide expanse against open sky, China's sovereign prayed for good harvests in the coming year. Built in 1420 and rebuilt in 1889 following a fire, the Hall was last renovated in 2006 as a major icon of the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Articles this image appears in: Temple of Heaven. It could also enhance the "Architecture" or "Tourism" sections of Beijing, as well as the temple article in general.

Support as nominator Malachirality 05:44, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Can I put up a larger version of this picture on the candidate page? After all, it's not shown on the article at thumbnail size. --Malachirality 05:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Done. --jjron 08:35, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose - It's a pity the sky is so boring. It just ruins it for me. The photo can be retaken when the weather is better. It's a quality image though. --Arad 21:26, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, air in Beijing is almost always like that. See Environment of China. Looks like you'll have to wait until the Olympics. MER-C 13:20, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed; I spent 3 weeks in Beijing and that original photo looks like a good day. The sky is usually yellow. --Bridgecross 13:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, because of all the tourists. (I didn't like this one either.) Spikebrennan 21:36, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose poor composition and cloudy sky Atomsgive 11:43, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Seems to be technically suitable, and because now tourists are now a part of Beijing, because of China's growing appeal, I think the tourists add encyclopedic value to the picture --Hadseys 12:11, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support: It is respectable. You can learn so much from just one picture. I don't think that it's possible to avoid the tourists (Unless you close the attraction down). Like Hadseys said, it does add to the encyclopedic value. The weather too. --Failure.exe 01:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support original If the sky wasn't very blue, it shouldn't be made blue after the fact. I love this image. Enuja (talk) 20:39, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose all The light is flat and uninspiring. It really ruins the atmosphere of the picture. -Fcb981^{(talk:contribs)} 01:11, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose, Quality isn't the best, and given it's a popular tourist attraction we could expect to get better pictures of the subject. --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 22:26, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 04:49, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]