Wiki143:Featured picture candidates/Ryu sho ten

Ryu sho ten

File:Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten.jpg

Original - A dragon ascends towards the heavens, with Mount Fuji in the background, in this 1897 ukiyo-e print from Ogata Gekko's series of Views of Mount Fuji.

File:Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten edit.jpg

Edit 1 - colour balanced.

Reason

I love this print. It has a moody atmosphere that draws you in.

Articles this image appears in

Mount Fuji, Japanese dragon, 1897 in art, Ogata Gekkō (N.B. I've just added it to these - literally just finished the restoration.

Creator

Ogata Gekko

• Support as nominator --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 01:28, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support Great EV for this artist. Fletcher (talk) 02:35, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support--Mbz1 (talk) 17:09, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support edit 1 Wonderful piece, clear EV for multiple articles. Hope you don't mind the edit, but that colour cast is probably due to an uncorrected scan and was obscuring a good deal of subtle colour. mikaul^talk 12:08, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
  • Um, Ukiyo-e are almost inevitably done on yellowish paper. Your edit doesn't look bad, but it's almost certainly not accurate, at least to the colour of an aged Ukiyo-e. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:56, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
    • Ok, I've returned a little warmth to the mix (overwritten edit 1) not so much that you lose the more delicate hues but nearer what may be a more authentic tone. mikaul^talk 10:25, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
      • I could support either this or the original. Both are reasonable guesses as to what's correct. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:30, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support edit 1 per Shoemaker and Mikaul. Durova^Charge! 06:06, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support original IMO, original version colors are more accurate. The yellowish color is intentional as the original paper color can be seen in the snow and fog.--Jf268 (talk) 11:25, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten edit.jpg MER-C 03:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)