Racing yacht Shamrock V, full, port, Aug. 16, 1930
anonymous press photographer, 1930
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 25% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyLipton's fifth and last challenger, full and by on the port tack, 16 August 1930 — the first J-class summer. An anonymous press plate of the first challenger built to the new Universal Rule J class.
- Maker
- anonymous press photographer
- Date
- 1930
- Medium of the original
- Silver gelatin press photograph
- Original held by
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
- Credit
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02036
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 382 x 640 px, b-w
- Tone
- Darks 54, lights 241 of 255; 2.6% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 5.72
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