[Leica] Alkefjellet

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

All beautiful Jayanand - I also like the idea of giving a large view  
for us to guesstimate the feeling when facing so many of these elegant  
birds

Thanks for sharing the beauties of nature

Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 13 ao?t 12 ? 18:53, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit :

> 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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