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James H. Keyworth wrote:

> That still doesn't explain satisfactorily why I lost the tip of the 
> Boeing fin, when no other edges are missing or curved.  Especially since 
> the phenomenon has never been repeated in the hundreds of similar photos 
> I've taken.

Reposting myself from 4-27, it appears to me to be a simple case of the 
color that the top of the vertical stab is painted, and the angle the 
picture is taken from.  The tip of the fin isn't lost- I can see the 
real shape of the fin with my naked eye on good DVI-connected monitor.

If you don't believe me, just load up your "B-737 w C-46 tail.jpg" from 
your 4-27 post into some photo editing software.  You can easily "find" 
the remainder of the vertical stab by increasing the contrast.  From 
there, you can play with sharpness or edge-detect to really bring it out.

Here is the image with a few filters applied...
http://boxybutgood.com/jeff/lml_737/

So no smoke, mirrors, or shutter errors.  Just a case of a sky-blue 
paint job and a sky-blue sky.  :)