Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > The landscapes are awesome, of course, but I really like the sleeping seal > and the screaming birds at the end. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 28, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> The only time we actually set foot on the Antarctic Continent proper >> was in Neko Harbour, a very popular landing area for tourist ships. It >> is surrounded by huge, active glaciers, audibly grinding away and >> calving. A panorama of the mouth of one such biggie, both in colour >> and monochrome: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264C.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264.jpg.html >> >> As the crew were preparing for landing, I was taken up with the play >> of light and shade on this hillside, as the sun struggled to break >> through the clouds (the moon is actually visible in the last shot): >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5266.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5278.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5286.jpg.html >> >> First off the ship were those of us who wanted to hike/climb up the >> hillside: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5338.jpg.html >> >> As we landed on the beach, we were greeted by a Weddell Seal, fast asleep: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5361.jpg.html >> >> But the chief attraction of Neko Harbour was a roosting colony of >> Gentoo Penguins with their young in their circular surface nests of >> stones and pebbles: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5384.jpg.html >> >> The parents reassured the chicks: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5410.jpg.html >> >> Fed them - this was a newborn: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5492.jpg.html >> >> Gentoos normally lay two eggs, and there were those nests, where one >> egg had hatched and one was yet to hatch: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5551.jpg.html >> >> There were raucous scraps between adults, mainly caused by one Gentoo >> being caught stealing pebbles from the nests of others: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5563.jpg.html >> >> Gentoos were calling everywhere: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5555.jpg.html >> >> And, above the whole rookery, on the slopes, were the opportunistic >> Skua, waiting for their chance to snatch a chick or an egg: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5461.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