Sea of Stars

I have to ask--did you use a polarizer to get the saturated colors? Very nice. Anymore, I've come to prefer traveling by kayak rather than hiking. A little more risky, but it's generally more fun and gets me places few go.

Kent in SD

Wow...that's a pretty dense starfish group - almost seems unreal. The colors are wonderful! Is this Velvia perhaps?

Kent, no polarizer was used.
David, yes this is velvia, but the colors of batstars are very intense. this stretch in the gwaii haanas np is called burnaby narrows and is unbelievably rich in marine life. there are strechtes of maybe 50meters that look like this, the whole ground is covered with moonsnails, shells, seastars whatever..
it takes a few days to reach that place with a seakayak and you have to time it right to come shortly before low slack to have enough time to shoot. the water rises at ca. 1m (3 ft) per hour. can't camp there, because of too many black bears.
georg

Love the colors in this shot!

Verena and Georg,

This a real winner. The colors and composition are outstanding. Do you bring a 4x5 with you on those kayaking trips?

Mike Anderson
www.lightscapephoto.com

Michael,
yes, crazy as this might sound, we transported our 4x5 stuff along on nearly all seakayaking tours so far. the longest one was about 5 weeks along the "forgotten coast" (B.C./Canada - starting at Bella Bella) Everything longer, one has to cut down seriously on provisions to make room for the photo stuff, or rely completely on catching lots of fish... and we always make room for at least one bottle of good red wine! we have Klepper folding kayaks with plenty of storage room.
georg

The colors here are great. The soft lower corners are mildly bothersome, but that is only a reflection of my pursuit of perfection I wish this were in my portfolio. Beautiful photo.

Verena & Georg - This is just simply spectacular.....and I liked your description of the trip. WOW!

Duke Coonrad