Sea Lion at the Sea Life Park

Some things you just don’t want to do with a point and shoot camera. Like the photo to the right – this was taken with an SLR, through several inches of Plexiglas. Ideally, you want to take this picture with a circular polarizer.

In my case, well… I’ve outgrown my camera case.  I just don’t have the space to carry a camera, several lenses, remote cables and my filters.   So I made do without.

In this case, we had about 20 minutes before the sea lions were going to be fed.  being without my tripod (probably wouldn’t carry it into a place like that, anyway), I wedged myself up agains a railing, mashed the camera into my shoulder, and took a couple.  The fun thing about this is the walking – you have to meander a bit to find a good angle that will reduce the glare.  This was the best angle available.

Another fun part of shooting through colored (lightly tinted) glass? You end up with a color cast as well as a low-contrast photo.  In the original, the sea lion blends in with the background.

Post processing to the rescue!