Sitka Sky

Sitka Sky. St. Lazaria Island, Sitka, Alaska. September 12, 2010. © Copyright Richard Mitchell,

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My friend Jeff Hanson and I were just departing St. Lazaria when we saw this fishing vessel headed toward us, probably destined to anchor on the leeward side of St. Lazaria.

This shot was taken as I was returning to Sitka, Alaska from St. Lazaria Island. This was from near St. Lazaria - about 15 miles west of Sitka. Taken from a rolling boat, handheld, with a 300mm f/2.8 lens at f/10, ISO1000, 1/125th sec. This is a good example of how good image stabilization is on modern lenses. Years ago, no one would have pretended to be able to hand hold a 300mm lens at 1/125th of second - a lens that without IS would require 1/500 or 1/1000 of a second for a decent handheld image. Here, the original image is really quite sharp even fully enlarged, despite being handheld at a low shutter speed.

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