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Lower Fort Mason and Downtown San Francisco[edit]

Original - Fort Mason, also known as San Francisco Port of Embarkation, US Army, in San Francisco, California is a former United States Army post located in the northern Marina District, alongside San Francisco Bay. Fort Mason served as an Army post for more than 100 years, initially as a coastal defence site[1] and subsequently as a military port facility. During World War II, it handled most of the cargo for the Pacific campaign. Fort Mason can be split into two distinct areas. This image is of the Fort Mason Center
Alt 1 - Fort Mason, also known as San Francisco Port of Embarkation, US Army, in San Francisco, California is a former United States Army post located in the northern Marina District, alongside San Francisco Bay. Fort Mason served as an Army post for more than 100 years, initially as a coastal defence site[1] and subsequently as a military port facility. During World War II, it handled most of the cargo for the Pacific campaign. Fort Mason can be split into two distinct areas. This image is of the Fort Mason Center
Reason
High quality and good EV
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Fort Mason
Creator
mbz1
  • Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 02:43, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Sorry to be late to the party, but it has a fairly substantial tilt. Hopefully you can fix it. Love the person front left righting the boat. Noodle snacks (talk) 10:25, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your comment. I've just re-checked the image with the grid, and all verticla look very much vertical. Maybe it's looking being tilted is an illusion?--Mbz1 (talk) 10:46, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looks straight to me. The waterline in front of the fort creates a slight illusion of a tilt. Mila, how far does the fort go? Is that smaller building at far right part of the fort still? If not it's possibly unnecessarily wide at both sides? --jjron (talk) 07:49, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, John. I do not think the building at the far right is a part of Fort Mason. I did the image the way I did to show the surroundings of the Fort. I'll make another panorama from a different set of the images and add it is as an alternative.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:09, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either. I'd actually probably go a bit in these between in terms of the crop, but either way it's probably about as good a shot of this as you'd get. --jjron (talk) 05:59, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original Context is good, and that stunning wave on the far right really makes the image. The alt is nice too, but not as nice. Shoemaker's Holiday Over 210 FCs served 10:17, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original as it has a more extended view than the alternative. ZooFari 01:59, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lower Fort Mason abd Downtown San Francisco.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:27, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]