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FALL 2014
I
was about to begin my ascent when I realized
I was being watched. I glanced around, finally
locating my observer 25 feet above me. A
California sea lion blinked down at me from
the water’s surface, his sleek shape perfectly
outlined by the afternoon sun. Just as I was lifting my
camera, the sea lion abruptly charged toward me, its
mouth wide open.
I could hear the divers next to me cheering into
their regulators as I depressed the shutter. The sea lion
IMAGING
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P H O T O T E C H N I Q U E S
The Dark Side of the Sun
Working with the most powerful light source of all
T E X T A N D P H O T O S B Y A N D Y A N D A L L I S O N S A L L M O N
A lionfish hunts at 50 feet off Komodo. The hard corals
at the top of the reef blocked the majority of the
mid-day sun, which prevented the top of the image
from being overpowered by an overexposed sunball.
