Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Douglas Thanks for looking. The reason I took the D800E/70-200mm f4 combo to shore was simple. Fundamentally, I found walking treacherous enough without lugging around unnecessary weight, and I needed the flexibility of a zoom. So I settled on the lighter lens with lesser reach, and the high megapixel body so I could crop. The D4 was used on board to shoot birds and whales and panos. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 31-Jan-2014, at 6:41 am, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Good stuff, Jayanand. Why the choice of D800E rather than the D4 this > time? Just curious. > > Douglas > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at > gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" <psm-1857 at > googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:01 PM > Subject: [Leica] Falklands 1 > > >> The first port of call on the Antarctic trip was the Falklands. >> Falklands has quite a variety of bird life, and is a critical habitat >> for the Black-browed Albatross - 80% of the breeding pairs in the >> world nest in the Falklands. Our first landing was supposed to be on >> Sealion Island, but adverse sea conditions scuttled that plan. So we >> did two landings on Bleaker Island, on opposite sides. Bleaker Island >> is a privately owned island where a novel experiment is currently >> under way. A part of the island is fenced off for sheep rearing, and >> the rest is left in totally natural condition for endemic wild life. >> >> The first landing was on a beach which had both a Magellanic Penguin >> colony, a Blue-eyed Shag colony as well a small Gentoo Penguin colony. >> Magellanic Penguins are the southernmost species of "Warm Weather >> Penguins", which include the Jackass Penguins of South Africa and the >> Galapagos Penguins amongst others. >> >> Penguin Highway: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0833.jpg.html >> >> Gang on the Beach: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0906.jpg.html >> >> Coming Home: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_1271.jpg.html >> >> Stepping Out: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_1060.jpg.html >> >> Skua Nesting: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1336.jpg.html >> >> Opportunist: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1432.jpg.html >> >> Blue-eyed Shag: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1501.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information