The brilliant blue, glacier-fed Lago Cachorro
"This is where the glacier met Lago Cachorro. In real life, the ice and water would look even more vibrant than this—it's an extraordinary, brilliant blue. While we were kayaking huge chunks of glacier would calve off. The environment was totally wild; anything could happen."
—Photographer David McLain
Photography Notes
- Camera: 35mm Canon EOS
- Film: 100 ISO
- Lens: 85mm
- Shutter speed: 1/250
- Aperture: f/11
- Time of day: between 1 and 2 p.m.
"Because the snow, ice and mountain are white, I had to plan the exposure very carefully. In this case, I used a hand-held light meter. I actually travel with two of them, in case one breaks. I use them in conjunction with my light meter in my camera meter. In this case if you just metered the glacier, the exposure would be way off because you'd be monitoring this white thing. So if you take an ambient light reading, you'll get a better photo.
"Some people really geek out on the tech aspect of photography, but I don't really get into that stuff. I see it as a tool, a means to an end. If you're a plumber, you've got to have a lot of different wrenches and you've got to know how to use them. The better understanding you have of your craft, the more you can achieve."
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