Basking in the Alaska Sun
Cruising through the pristine glacier and iceberg waterscapes of Alaska’s Glacier Bay on a photo-perfect
late May afternoon, I noticed the distant rocky shoreline of Marble Island was appearing a bit “squiggly.”
Closer examination through a long telephoto lens revealed the movement to be a large colony of Steller Sea Lions basking in the Alaska sunshine.
The photograph was made on Kodachrome-200 slide film in my Canon EOS-1 through an Image-Stabilized
75-300 mm lens with 2X tele-extender for an effective focal length of about 600 mm. A polarizing filter was also used.
This image is available in archival gallery prints and as a custom printed Photo Note Card.
Photo + Design ©1997/2014 Steve Ember
PS: If you share my fondness for the palette of Kodachrome, please do visit my
"Kodachrome!" folder for images shot on K-25 and K-64. Also, the New York City folder.
Headin' for the Last Round-Up
Steve Ember
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Adele D. Oliver 08/04/2014 2:37
a familiar looking place, sailed to Glacier Bay in 2006 - no sea lions then, but sea otters and bears .... a fine capture of this huge group, so close and sharp !!!greetings, Adele
s. sabine krause 04/04/2014 18:25
relaxation is… collective barnacling* in the sun!; )
must have been a great experience to be able to spot and observe them in the wild! love the sparse and cool northern colors of this image! greetings, sabine.
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*derived from the word "barnacle" and not to be confused with a bygone internet fad called "planking"!** ; )
**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planking_(fad)