The top photo shows the view 1/4 mile upslope from our present home.
Taken with full zoom (17-85MM) from my digital Canon Rebel. I could not estimate the distance to the vessel. However, with an elevation of a few thousand feet to the water directly below and the many miles out to the barge, my zoom helped a great deal.
Taking the photo to Photoshop and cropping it to 10 inches by 13 inches actually brought it to 100% (full digital accuracy without distortion).
Standing on the slope I could barely tell the vessel was a barge.
