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Challenge: Tacks! II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Emeryville, California, USA
Date: Apr 15, 2009
Aperture: 5.02
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/636
Galleries: Seascapes, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Apr 15, 2009

Two sailboats beating to windward on the starboard tack -- with the wind crossing the boat over the starboard (right-hand) side obliquely from the front. Tacking is the technique which lets a sailing vessel progress (in a zigzag path) in the direction from which the wind is blowing.

As noted in this link, even within the sailing lexicon the word "tack" has multiple meanings.

-Handheld, Tv mode
-Noise-reduction with PictureCooler
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Crop
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5
-Add Canvas to make 1-pixel border
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 170KB

There's a little haloing from the harsh, raking light about 1-1/2 hours before sunset shinign through some haze.

Statistics
Place: 100 out of 101
Avg (all users): 4.3130
Avg (commenters): 6.1250
Avg (participants): 4.1064
Avg (non-participants): 4.4286
Views since voting: 1133
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 131
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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08/23/2013 10:20:50 PM
Looks rough out there!
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04/23/2009 12:40:19 AM
Tacky, tacky, tacky! I salute the General for his bravery in the face of overwhelming low votes! Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/22/2009 11:44:09 PM
Excellent OOTB take on the subject. It's probably getting slammed with DNMC votes.
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04/21/2009 04:26:06 PM
Wondered if anybody would do this. Good interpretation. Hope it doesn't hurt your score too bad.
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04/21/2009 07:19:24 AM
High score for creativity.
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04/18/2009 03:51:37 PM
I guess that you thought the things in the far left looked like tacks?
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04/17/2009 05:21:10 PM
Excellent I wondered if someone would do this. I would have preferred it if you had the courage not to use the word Tack in the title but I understand why you did.
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04/17/2009 08:03:13 AM
This the Generale? Got all his earmarks... I'd often remarked to myself that those masthead flotation devices look like giant thumbtacks, actually, so nice catch.
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04/16/2009 08:09:35 PM
A idea that this reviewer would have thought to see more of, this image is less than successful in both the artistic and technical sense. Frankly, the image is less than interesting due to the overwhelming setting.. Perhaps a different background with a slightly different angle would have helped. A little more thought, tighter focal length and better focus would have brought the rating higher.
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04/16/2009 08:06:43 PM
Nice take on the challenge. Good shot.
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04/16/2009 04:29:52 AM
:) Very witty
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