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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-six: An American safari -- wildlife photography in southeast Alaska’s wilderness > Tlingit canoe, Bartlett Cove Visitor’s Center, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, 2013
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08-JUN-2013

Tlingit canoe, Bartlett Cove Visitor’s Center, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, 2013

The Tlingit people built this canoe, now on display at the National Park’s visitor’s center. The Tlingit were driven from their homes by advancing glaciers three hundred years ago, but as the ice retreated they have returned to the area and claim Glacier Bay as their spiritual homeland. I made this image to symbolically evoke such spirit. Using spot metering, I was able to emphasize the effect of a warm sun emerging from the dark shadows within the hand-made wooden canoe.

FujiFilm X10
1/350s f/3.2 at 7.6mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis07-Jul-2013 22:05
Thanks, Rose, for noting the role of the spot metering mode here. Without it, I would not be able to "paint with light."
sunlightpix07-Jul-2013 20:22
Outstanding! Another of my favorites. Even from the thumbnail, I recognized this image as "Phil-esque". Wonderful spot metering, tonality, colors, and shapes! Vote!
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