Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favourite is the tired beachmaster?truly wiped out as you describe. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 23 Dec 2019, at 06:03, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > The last of my South Georgia critter photographs, tying up the loose knots > and including some odds and ends. I have inserted them subject wise, so > please follow the links to see them all. > > Elephant Seals are everywhere on the beaches early in the season, with > beach masters settled, and the single males forever trying to sneak up and > impregnate a female on the outer fringes of the harem. It is tiring work > for the beach master, and it shows in their demeanor and quite a few look > hassled and tired out - after all, they do not eat a morsel for the > breeding period! The females look altogether more relaxed, though. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3771.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4473.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4491.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4095.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4386.jpg.html > > A trio of King Penguin photographs: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-1961.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-9944.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-10158.jpg.html > > Next, we come to the King Penguin's greatest predator, the reptilian > looking Leopard Seal which patrols the shoreline while concealing itself in > the Kelp forests: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191018-2624.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-9642.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-9583.jpg.html > > Some other mammals and birds. > > Fur Seal: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2007.jpg.html > > Gentoo Penguins in the Tussock Grass at Prion Island, lurking, yodeling and > mating (a precarious, balancing affair). Prion Island is a major nesting > site for the Wandering Albatross, so tourist access is limited to one > demarcated pathway. Luckily this Gentoo Colony was next to the pathway, > but, unfortunately no Wandering Albatross nest was anywhere near: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3629.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3489.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3610.jpg.html > > Antarctic Tern: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191019-3138.jpg.html > > A Snowy Sheathbill hovering so close above my head that I could not fit the > whole bird into the frame: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-6754.jpg.html > > Finally, a couple of studies of one of the two endemic species in South > Georgia, the South Georgia Pintail, also taken on Prion Island. I could > not, unfortunately, get good shots of the other one, the South Georgia > Pippit: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3514.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3520.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