Cuauhtemoc Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

At the Tacoma Tall ship Festival again; this is the Cuauhtemoc from Mexico. It is a training tall ship and was built in the Celaya shipyards (Bilbao, Spain). It was completed in July 29, 1982 when it was delivered to its first crew, the Mexican Navy. Cuauhtemoc, has trained twenty-one generations of officers and it has sailed 408,853 miles in 3,178 days. Technical details below. For more information on the Festival see my previous posts.
I think I enjoyed the entrance of this ship the most, because of the sailors all on parade in the rigging, and also it accompanied itself by some stirring music. It brought a lump to the throat!
I like this photo because it was possible to get in fairly close; I only cropped a little at the back and some heads from the bottom. I also like the light and shade on the furled sails.
PP cropping, minor curves and USM

Flag: Mexico
Rig: Barque
Homeport: Puerto de Acapulco, Mexico
Normal cruising waters: Sparred length: 270’
LWL: 220’ 4”
Draft: 17’ 1”
Beam: 39’ 4”
Sail area: 25,489 square feet
Power: 1,125 HP engine
Hull: Steel

sayzey, PixelTerror, betogrein, capthaddock, Tue, devimeuxbe, PJE, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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fmr59 (132) 2005-08-10 8:38

That's incredible! I did not see the men, these are like birds - nice shots, I would have been there.

sayzey (2358) 2005-08-10 8:44

This is what I like to see! Great angle and the ship lokos great agaist that bright blue sky! The fact the crew are pulling up the saild is great it looks amazing with them all stood up like that! In this weather it woudl be fine, but can you imagine going up their to pull up the sails in a storm!! Scary!

Well done Kath I really like this photo : )

t0mmm1 (5434) 2005-08-10 9:50

Hi Kath
Yes, this is really big. Men are like little ants on this boat. The composition is very nice here. TFS

betogrein (2232) 2005-08-10 9:53

Linda foto, excelente enquadramento, cores e luminosidade, o céu está um espetáculo.´Ótimo trabalho...
Obrigado pela visita...
Beto Grein

nels (2455) 2005-08-10 12:10

hi kath out of the three pictures posted with the ships on this is my favorite there is so much activity on board the ship and the colours are great.adrian

DLM (6447) 2005-08-10 12:42

Hi Kath,I agree with Nels,this is a great capture,incredible detail with nice POV.
Well done Dave.

Tue (25608) 2005-08-10 19:45

Hi Kath,
Great capture of this ship! And indeed it's very nice all the sailors are high in the masts. Great lighting and a wonderful blue sky as well! Very good piece of work!
Groeten,
Lars

devimeuxbe (56334) 2005-08-11 2:33

Hi Kath
Beautifull boat with all the men in the sails.
Light and colors are great.
Well done
Bertrand

PixelTerror (86837) 2005-08-11 4:01

Hi Kath,
Lovely View ! (and it changes from commenting windmill photos ;-) )
I have seen this superb ship in posts by other members, I enjoy yours too, angle is excellent and the blue sky over which it detaches itself is splendid, very deep color. Just bad there were these two poles, but finally they are not too disturbing.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

capthaddock (28640) 2005-08-11 9:36

Hi Kath - wonderful angle and colours, well caught on a beautiful day, the sailors are super interesting, at first I thought they were a tacky decoration, great work.

PJE (19485) 2005-08-12 2:14

Wow I love how they are standing on their tall sailposts up there. Kath you have a winner here. It must be be interesting when the boars come to town. Keep them coming. I love it. I also like the blue color in your frame. Very pleasant to view.

ChrisJ (70443) 2005-08-13 5:31

Hi kath

A superbly polarised dark, blue sky, with good graphism of the lighter masts & sails. Excellent color & pov. Congratulations!

Steft (5962) 2005-08-21 6:51

I just posted a ship today as well. But the Dutch sky wasn't soo blue. Very nice, sharp and detailed photo with excellent quality. I like the blue tones of the water and the sky. Nice subtile reflection on the water on the beginning of the ship (on the right on this picture).
Thanks for sharing!