[Leica] South Georgia

[photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)]

Each one is better than the previous, whatever way you click, left or right !

Such a superb series, well served by nice compositions and excellent 
rendition. 

And the scenery and models seem to have been created just for you, thanks 
for sharing it all Jayanand.

Amities

Philippe



> Le 20 nov. 2019 ? 05:11, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> a ?crit :
> 
> I have just returned from an unusually long trip to South Georgia, spending
> 13 days visiting the island itself. South Georgia, to me, is one of the
> ultimate wildlife destinations on Earth, simply because I know of no other
> place where we can be in the midst of such huge numbers of creatures on
> foot.
> 
> Ours was the first ship of the season, so the environs were still cold
> (around -5C), windy (50-60 knot winds with wind chill of -15C to -20C) and
> snow and ice were everywhere. The idea of going early were twofold - to
> photograph South Georgia's iconic animals and landscapes with a lot of
> snow, and to avoid the very aggressive and dangerous bull fur seals that
> land for breeding later in the season. In both  we were quite successful!
> The last time I had gone there, it was in high summer, so this was a
> welcome change of environment to photograph in.
> 
> The first set is focused on South Georgia's most common bird - the
> beautiful and subtly coloured King Penguins. I start with two panoramas:
> 
> Penguinscape:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-1366.jpg.html
> 
> Off For Lunch:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-9878.jpg.html
> 
> About 40% of King Penguins mate for life but only reunite and stay together
> for the breeding season every year. The other 60% are strictly monogamous
> for each season. Whatever the category, they go through elaborate rituals
> to strengthen their bonds for the hard work to come. These are a few
> photographs of them engaging in this activity.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2011.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2023.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2031.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2051.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2057.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2126.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2064.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2081.jpg.html
> 
> A few general ones to end the set:
> 
> Back Home:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4007.jpg.html
> 
> Quartet:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-1646.jpg.html
> 
> Trio:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-1753.jpg.html
> 
> Scratch:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2137.jpg.htm
> 
> All these photographs were taken at a place called Sal8isbury Plain, the
> second largest King Penguin breeding colony on South Georgia, where there
> were around 50-60k  around. By January, that number could possibly rise, in
> a very good year, to 500k!
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jayanand
> 
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