Category Archives: Technique

Látrabjarg

Around 10 miles in length and 440 metres high, Látrabjarg in Iceland is considered among the world’s greatest bird cliffs. We got there a little after 10 pm last night. It is a wondrous sight. Látrabjarg was the scene of the dramatic rescue of the British trawler Dhoon in 1947. (Hint to the curious: use...

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One Subject, Two Compositions

In one of his recent blog entries, the distinguished photographer Jim Zuckerman observes that the sun can be made salient in a composition by the use of super-telephoto lenses.  That reminded me of something similar I had done last year on the island village of Divar in Goa.  I had both the 300L f/4 IS...

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