Support God, that must have taken you a while. This excellent work, and I love all the detail - if you zoom in, all the people and things you can just see even at 2000px wide turn out to have a surprising amount of detail. I presume there isn't an article on the Montana state capitol building itself for this to go in? Also, have you considered sending a link to your work to some Montana legistators and such?
Shoemaker's Holiday (
talk) 07:36, 1 March 2009 (UTC)reply
There is
an article. No idea how I missed that—replaced the lead image. Thanks, —
JakeWartenberg 18:57, 1 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support -- Excellent picture.--₮RUCӨ 19:34, 1 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support Remarkably detailed, and the sky helps to give it the necessary 'wow factor'.
Reguiieee (
talk) 20:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Question Is there anything about this depiction of the building that gives it special EV that a current photograph wouldn't have?
Makeemlighter (
talk) 04:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Its artistic merit is quite high, and that quality of it would be very difficult to get in a modern photograph. Its high quality and resolution also mean that it has at least equal encyclopedic value than a hypothetical modern photograph, but the artistic value and age gives it more inherent interest.
Shoemaker's Holiday (
talk) 14:03, 3 March 2009 (UTC)reply
The left corner reads 'Copyrighted by Geo. R. Mann, architect'.
DurovaCharge! 16:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)reply
...Wait. The building wasn't done being constructed until 1902, so that means that this is the original - what d'ye call it - mock up? - for the State Capitol by the architect.
Shoemaker's Holiday (
talk) 03:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Montana state capitol 2.jpgMER-C 01:05, 7 March 2009 (UTC)reply