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decided to write this Blog in order give people a place to learn more about the
photograph they are thinking about purchasing, have already purchased or have
enjoyed viewing on my website larrypannellphotography.com.
My thoughts
are to post a Photograph of the Week and include the location, photographic
data and insight on what I was trying to convey with the image. Essentially the
story behind the photograph.
I specialize
in Landscape, Travel and Fine Art Photography. If you are viewing my blog
before you have seen my website please take the time to browse the photographs
there as well. I have been fortunate to have travelled many places and you will
find photographs of Alaska, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, French
Polynesia, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, the Philippines and Vietnam. You
may also enjoy my photography of the Western United States and my recent
photographs of Yosemite National Park where I currently reside.
Thank you for
your interest and all comments would be greatly appreciated
Larry
Enjoy.....
Location: Tracy Fjord
Inside Passage, Alaska
When: June
12, 2012
8:44am
Camera: Canon
60d
EF
18-200mm
Focal: 35mm
Shutter: 1/2000
sec
Aperture: F/22
ISO: 800
SAWYER GLACIER
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Every
Wednesday morning while in my treatment, room which had floor to ceiling
windows on the Rhapsody I was treated to a spectacular view...the Sawyer
Glacier. And yes the ice really is that color of blue.
Around 5am
we would enter the Tracy Arm Fjord of the Inside Passage in Alaska. It would
take another three hours to reach the Sawyer Glacier. Along the way you were
afforded magnificent views of the surrounding mountains complete with cascading
waterfalls and small streams formed by the runoff of melting snow and glacial
ice.
As the ship
slowing crept forward through the dark waters filled with varying size of
icebergs and the mountainsides began to narrow ones thoughts would drift to how
does a ship this size turn around in such a small area.
With today's
technology and the use of pivoting jet propulsion pods attached to the ships
hull they can virtually turn on the proverbial dime. It's amazing the first
time you witness this as the ship swings port or starboard almost in the same
spot.
Here is a
tip for those of you that might be thinking of taking a cruise. When we
approached the glacier nearly everyone rushed to the bow, that's the pointy end
of the ship and it would become very crowded. People would push and shove
trying to secure the best shot for a photograph. So here is my tip, go to the
stern...the ship is going to turn around! It always amazed me how few people
thought of this and the stern with almost void of people.
As far as
photographing this glacier I always found it best to hand hold the camera.
Though you are stand still on the deck the ship is moving even if it is at a
stand still. Use an appropriate shutter speed match with and aperture to gain
as much depth of field as you can.
This of
course also depends on the weather and if you have a bright blue sky, one filled
with a few white clouds or if it is overcast or raining. On this day the clouds
were dark and foreboding. They hug low and clung to the sides of the mountains
but much so much as to cover them. The glacier was in clear view as it slid
into the ocean striped with telltale trails of debris.
As always I
double checked my aperture, shutter speed, iso, and set the camera to
auto-focus selecting a small focus field. Holding my breath to reduce camera
shake I shot a few frames checking the results on the lcd screen on back of the
camera.
Once I
capture the photograph I was looking for I dropped the camera, not literally,
and took in the grandeur of the moment. Seeing nature at it’s best is always
amazing and visiting a glacier for your first time and for that matter every
time never disappoints.
My advice…if
you ever have the chance to take a cruise to Alaska go and make sure it travels
up one of the fjords to a glacier…
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Thank you for
your interest and all comments would be greatly appreciated
Larry
