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This actually is not the "Star of India"; it is "HMS Surprise", a smaller privateer being exhibited by the maritime Museum, and recently seen in "Master and Commander" on the big screen.
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Great shot! And I was wondering if this was Star of India also. 3 of the top 10 in San Diego County. Woohoo! Of course we have an unfair advantage with everything there is to see here, but still...
I filled an 8GB CF card today at Quail Botanical Gardens in Encinitas with a great borrowed 2.8 zoom lens and then got busy and never submitted before the deadline. Doh!
Brad's may be more DPC friendly, but this has a quiet understated elegance, and I really love the clouds. Looks like they're working completely untethered to the earth, doesn't it?
Like I told you already Robert, I would hang yours on my wall before I'd hang my own, and it has nothing to do with mine not blending with the interior decor. (that I don't have btw)
I took a chance in my wild PP, and it payed off, but at a cost. The cost of not being something I would hang in my house.
Scary to think that these jobs were once done without harnesses. Great capture for this challenge. Only thing that could make it better is that it might be a bit crisper. Nice work though.
another great shot that meets the challenge, I would have liked to seen more of the ship and perhaps it would have enhanced how high they were great shot
Good one! Higher score if the photo screamed height by shooting from the base of the mast or something, now I have to interpolate that they are really high.
Not bad but the darker areas are kindof too noisy for my taste, did you overdo it with something like shadow/highlights? Dig the lines and composition though, gave an 6.
Exactly without a net. Nice choice of perspective to have the cross piece at the same elevation as the clouds. With no ship or water visible, I get the uneasy feeling of a vessle moving high through the sky (but the sailors don't look like the crew for Peter Pan). Wonderful image.
Hmmm...I'm gonna guess either Brad or Bear on this mast photo. I really like all the detail in this and how you kept it from getting too busy. Nicely done!
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