Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sanja Matsuri

Sanja Matsuri, 2006

Original - People flood the Nakamise-dōri as one of the festival's three main mikoshi passes through the Hōzōmon during Sanja Matsuri.

Edit 1 - Cropped out shadowy people on the bottom of image & darkened the highlights a bit

Reason

I have always thought that this image was very exciting. A sea of people extending as far back as the camera can see! It is also a great depiction of Sanja Matsuri, a large Japanese Shinto festival.

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Sanja Matsuri

Creator

Torsodog

• Support as nominator ----Torsodog^Talk 04:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Lighting. smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 04:40, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Could you elaborate? Noodle snacks (talk) 06:25, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support (Edit 1.) Love the detail and the fact that you can see the expressions on everyone's face in the crowd; almost gives the impression of being there. Sasata (talk) 07:00, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose both For composition, the framing is awkward with the pillar/wire and the mikoshi where is is, a few feet to left or right for a better angle would have made the difference. Mfield (talk) 02:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose Wires, the bane of all photographers. Agree with Mfield. Can be cropped very tightly but I'm not sure it'll survive the surgery. Fletcher (talk) 03:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 02:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC)