[Leica] Sea Birds

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Very impressive, Jayanand. All definitely need to be looked at LARGE. 
The two favourites for me are the Black-browed Albatross which seems 
really to be coming at you and deserved the Coleridgean response you 
gave it, and the Giant Petrel in High Seas. Were you on the ship or a 
small tender as those seas are definitely high!!?

'God save thee, ancient Mariner!
 From the fiends, that plague thee thus!?
Why look'st thou so?'?With my Dee Five Double 0h,
I shot the ALBATROSS.

Apologies to Samuel Taylor C. for playing with his scansion...

Douglas




On 24/11/2019 04:20, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> The next installment of photographs from my South Georgia trip is of birds,
> mostly sea birds, to be exact, the Albatross and Petrels that roam our
> oceans. Most of the photographs, except for the last four, have been taken
> from the boat.
>
> Let us start with the king of the oceans, the Wandering Albatross. These
> are quite remarkable birds, they have been known to fly over 100k km in a
> year, they seldom touch the ground except to breed, and they have the
> longest wingspan of any bird - 2.5 to 3.5 metres, as can be seen from this
> photograph (natural sky, not replaced!!!?)
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-16833.jpg.html
>
> The most common albatross in this region is the Black-browed Albatross,
> which can be seen quite easily, and nest in large numbers both in South
> Georgia and more so in the Falklands:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191013-124.jpg.html
>
> Petrels are the scavengers of the oceans. Here are two of the smaller ones:
>
> Cape Petrel:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-16700.jpg.html
>
> Snowy Petrel:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-6831.jpg.html
>
> The most common large bird that we encounter in the open ocean, and on
> shore in South Georgia is the Giant Petrel, a formidable and rapacious
> predator and scavenger, so it is not unusual to have more interesting
> photographs of this species over any other:
>
> Metallic Seas:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5620.jpg.html
>
> Sunset:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5876.jpg.html
>
> High Seas:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-106.jpg.html
>
> Take Off:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5221.jpg.html
>
> Wingspan:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191015-450.jpg.html
>
> Bath Time:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-10345.jpg.html
>
> The last two photographs are of common species on shore:
>
> Kelp Gull:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-4905.jpg.html
>
> Skua:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5293.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE.
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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