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[edit] pic from blauberg side

http://www.isdial.net/~xanex/capetown.jpg

took the above, can be used in the article if anyone is interested. just dont link to it :)

I also support this. I think the postcard-esque image of the mountain flanked by Devil's Peak and Lion's Head is far more encyclopedic than, say, the photo from Signal Hill. The photo above is from the right vantage point, but could someone upload a higher resolution image? There should be hundreds to choose from, but I've never taken that photo from Tableview. (I have photos from Table Bay, but they only have Devil's Peak and Table Mountain, rather than Lion's Head too.) Warrickball (talk) 13:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image from the sea

I took this image (on the right) from the Robben Island ferry. Does anyone think it should be included in the article which doesn't show the tradition image of the mountain from the sea? Perhaps we should add an image gallery of the different views of Table Mountain. --Cazo3788 (talk) 14:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree completely. The traditional postcard-esque view of the mountain should be here somewhere. Your picture looks a bit grainy, is slightly skeef and is low-res at the moment, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. (Heck, it's nearly perfect.) I've prowled through by own collection (I'm no longer staying in Cape Town), but I've only found one photo and it's no better than yours. (No grain, but there is cloud over the mountain.) I also found the photo to the right on Wikicommons

Image on Wikicommons

, but it's a bit dark, and Lion's Head is masked a bit by Signal Hill.

I suppose I am being a bit picky, but I expect that someone has a high-quality photo taken from Tableview or Bloubergstrand area. Warrickball (talk) 08:53, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

PS: I took the liberty of reducing your image to a thumbnail. I hope you don't mind.

The reason it's a bit grainy and 'skeef' is because it was taken from a boat with an old-fashioned camera so I scanned it in. That's cool, I was trying to reduce it to thumbnail but wikipedia kept timing out. I'm going to Robben Island again in the next couple of months (visiting tourists) so will try and take a better picture then. I still think that an image gallery would be interesting and really add to the value of the article. --Cazo3788 (talk) 09:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't oppose an image gallery at all. It is an internationally recognized tourist attraction. (After all, Table Mountain directs here, rather than the disambig!) I've been scratching around on Wikicommons and found the third photo now on the right. That's the view I'm thinking of. There are a handful of such shots already on the commons, but this is the only one I found which shows any detail of the mountain. (Compare, for example, this.) I'm going to pop this one on the page, as near to the top as possible. It's not perfect, so I invite others to upgrade it, but it's the right view. Warrickball (talk) 19:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Panorama (and Images in General)

I stumbled onto this panorama on the Commons. It shows a great deal of detail about the geography of the Cape. One can see Lion's Head with Signal Hill, the City Bowl, Robben Island, Table Bay, and Devil's Peak. (Pity it isn't higher resolution.) Should it appear on the page somewhere? Or is it more appropriate on Cape Town or Table Bay?

I have half a mind to re-organize what photos appear here, and where, but I consider this a high-profile page for me to just be changing everything myself... Warrickball (talk) 20:15, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Be bold :) Your changes so far have been spot on. Zaian (talk) 12:54, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

 :) I guess I'm not sufficiently bold. I've tried to keep the images that I think (in my very humble opinion) are encyclopedic with the text, and moved the rest to the new gallery. We don't for example, need two photos of the cablecar, however beautiful the photos are.Warrickball (talk) 17:01, 30 May 2008 (UTC)