Got there a bit late fighting for parking. Planted myself down near Ft. Point.
<img src="http://www.jmg-galleries.com/temp/tall-ship/mystart.jpg">

To give you an idea of the crowds during the late morning.... on a weekday no less.
<img src="http://www.jmg-galleries.com/temp/tall-ship/tallshipcrowds.jpg">

It was sunny everywhere in the city but here...
<img src="http://www.jmg-galleries.com/temp/tall-ship/ggfog.jpg">

the best shot of the lot IMHO...
<img src="http://www.jmg-galleries.com/temp/tall-ship/under_bridge.jpg">

There were even some nuts in kayaks...
<img src="http://www.jmg-galleries.com/temp/tall-ship/kayaker.jpg">

and even windsurfers...
<img src="http://www.jmg-galleries.com/temp/tall-ship/windsurfer.jpg">

That and a 600mm lens. ;-)

Stoney posted some really cool photos from his time on a ship. Should be a few posts down.

Nice pics. Why do the photos seem darker at the corners? Lens effect?

the vignetting appeared as a result from the scan and my inability to get the color correction just right.

Just a guess.

The vignetting wasn't on the slides I scanned.

I didn't have much to work with. other scans with better exposure come out great with no vignetting... but on the other hand I wouldn't be surprised. I wonder what the life span is on the inards of my scanner.