Blue Ice; Mendenhall Glacier; Juneau, August 19, 2016
Blue Ice. The blue face of Mendenhall Glacier looms over Mendenhall Lake on a gray August day. Gravel and dirt discolor the ice as it tumbles toward the lake. Fissures and facets imply plane surfaces, akin to the crystalline structure of the ice itself. Despite the receding of the glacier's face, the glacier remains a dramatic presence, especially viewed with the foreshortening resulting from a long lens.
Taken with a Canon 5DIII with a 100-400 IS II + 1.4 extender at 420mm; 1/800 at f/7.1; ISO 640.
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After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital.