During the daguerrotype era portraiture predominated. Street scenes were unusual and this - from the height of the California gold rush - has particular historical value. Focus is good enough that most of the building signs are legible. I've kept the file on the large side for that reason. Removed the artifacts painstakingly with (I hope) minimal affect to actual data. Adjusted the histogram and denoised the sky, 1.1° rotation. No other changes from
Image:SanFrancisco1851.jpg. Appears at
California gold rush,
History of San Francisco,
Portsmouth Square, and
boomtown.
Support There's something eerily compelling about this shot that I can't put my finger on. The colouring is a bit weird but composition and quality (considering its age) are great. --
mikaultalk10:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)reply
During the daguerrotype era portraiture predominated. Street scenes were unusual and this - from the height of the California gold rush - has particular historical value. Focus is good enough that most of the building signs are legible. I've kept the file on the large side for that reason. Removed the artifacts painstakingly with (I hope) minimal affect to actual data. Adjusted the histogram and denoised the sky, 1.1° rotation. No other changes from
Image:SanFrancisco1851.jpg. Appears at
California gold rush,
History of San Francisco,
Portsmouth Square, and
boomtown.
Support There's something eerily compelling about this shot that I can't put my finger on. The colouring is a bit weird but composition and quality (considering its age) are great. --
mikaultalk10:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)reply