Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Sep 2010 at 20:39:19 (UTC)

Reason

The pic hunted down recently looks like one of the few decent samurai photos on the web (most likely, features a katana).

Articles in which this image appears

Samurai, Sword

FP category for this image

History

Creator

Felice Beato

• Support as nominator -- Twilightchill t 20:39, 31 August 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support Very rare, very interesting. Eye-catching. What appears to be depth-of-field issues is failure to hold his right arm and sword still for what was no-doubt a very long exposure; Fujifilm wouldn’t be around with the fast stuff until 1934. Greg L ( talk) 23:58, 31 August 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support The quality is good for a photo taken in ~1860, but the EV is undeniable. Very fascinating photo -- mcshadypl ^{T C} 01:49, 1 September 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support very nice and valuable -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 10:50, 1 September 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support, absolutely amazing. -- Golbez ( talk) 14:15, 1 September 2010 (UTC) reply
  • The white dagger hand on his left thigh is tantō I think. Twilightchill t 14:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support Noodle snacks ( talk) 23:34, 1 September 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support -- Avenue ( talk) 13:03, 5 September 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support. High EV, especially considering the year of creation. - Darwinek ( talk) 16:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Samurai with sword.jpg -- I'ḏ ♥ One 23:39, 9 September 2010 (UTC) reply