Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] Alkefjellet
From: bjq1 at mac.com (bjq1 at mac.com)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:49:08 +0000 (GMT)

These cliffs almost look like abstract paintings to me. Just amazing. Well 
done.

Barney
?

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On Aug 13, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Alkefjellet is what is called a "bird cliff" - sheer walls rising from the
> sea where birds breed, in this case the Thick-billed Murre, also called
> Brunnich's Guillemot. The cliffs are amazing - with every little ledge
> occupied by birds breeding, hundreds of thousands of them. The sheer
> inaccessibility of the cliffs makes it a very safe place for breeding -
> most land based predators like the Arctic Fox cannot get near most of the
> ledges. This cliff is particularly good for photography because even the
> ledges at sea level are occupied. We took a zodiac cruise along the base of
> these cliffs, and most if not all of the photographs are taken from the
> zodiac.
>
> Thick-billed Murre:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1503.jpg.html
>
> A breeding pair:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1506.jpg.html
>
> Bird Cliffs 1:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1492.jpg.html
>
> Bird Cliffs 2:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1501.jpg.html
>
> Bird Cliffs 3 (B&W):
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1528BW.jpg.html
>
> Bird Cliffs 4:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1534a.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE!
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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