Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Battle of Port Arthur

Battle of Port Arthur

Original - A Russian ship being destroyed at the Battle of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War. Title translates as "True report of the great sea battle at Lüshun Bay: number two," by Torajirō Kasai

Edit 1 Corners fixed up.

Reason

High quality and vividly colored image that displays the subject. Trust me, it's not off-kilter, the image is just not perfectly squared (not surprising as a handmade piece). You'll notice the boxes of text on either side do not perfectly align with the image itself, giving it the impression of a tilt. Have a translation request out at Wikiproject Japan to expand the image description page.

Articles this image appears in

Battle of Port Arthur

Creator

Torajirō Kasai, edited by Staxringold

• Support as nominator --Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:01, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
• Support Ha ha ha, clearly a victor's depiction of events, as I have a hard time seeing two lines of perfectly aligned ships surrounding an enemy fleet like that. Good art though. High enough EV, although not really high.   Nezzadar ☎   22:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
• Comment Not a good restoration per the three smeared corners which can not be perceived as the artist's intention. Translations of the captions should be provided as well.--Caspian blue 01:46, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

• Like I said, I have a translation request out. A quick reply says the top is the title (as seen in English on the bottom), the left and right are the Russian and Japanese ship rosters, and the bottom left is the printing info. Uploaded an edit fixing those corners. Staxringold _talk^contribs 01:59, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you for the effort. I don't want to be picky, but the stamping marks are clearly shown, so would you smooth them? I think Durova could be an excellent teacher for you.--Caspian blue 00:13, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

• Durova has already taught me. Where do you see these stamps? Staxringold _talk^contribs 00:16, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

• For example, on the far left side, spaces beside the third and fourth text boxes have clearly bright and round stamping marks.--Caspian blue 00:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

• Kk, I sent Durova a PM on Skype, waiting for a reply. Staxringold _talk^contribs 00:47, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

• Comment Caption (on image page too) doesn't even indicate what war this is. Had to go to the article to figure it out (should be simpler). upstateNYer 02:33, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

• Done. Staxringold _talk^contribs 02:40, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

• WITHDRAWN NOMINATION Many image problems, I overwrote the older TIF file, just too many problems. Staxringold _talk^contribs 17:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:11, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

• Withdrawn by nominator. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:11, 28 October 2009 (UTC)