[Leica] Panoramas

[Nathan Wajsman]

Impressive! I think the Gold Harbour with all the seals is my favourite.
I am intrigued by the Norwegian place names on South Georgia—to my knowledge it was never a Norwegian territory, but perhaps Amundsen passed by on his way to the South Pole?

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 29 Nov 2019, at 04:53, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> A dozen panoramas from mu trip to South Georgia. These are all multi panel
> panoramas taken hand held - I really had no option if I wanted to capture
> landscapes because I invariably had a telephoto lens with me when I was on
> shore, or in a zodiac! One word of caution - these have been reduced in
> size a great deal in order to post it online, so fine details may have been
> lost - but it does give a general idea of the beauty of the place.
> 
> First, the beautiful and otherworldly Tierra Del Fuego National Park, just
> outside Ushuaia at the southernmost tip of Argentina. We visited in a
> snowstorm, and I took these panoramas between flurries (the first is full
> colour, the second is monochrome):
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191010-7479.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191010-7458BW.jpg.html
> 
> Next are the ruins of two of the major whaling stations where the carnage
> took place - both also have a strong connection to Ernest Shackleton -
> Stromness was the termination point of his epic journey and Grytviken is
> where he is buried:
> 
> Stromness:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191019-3269Small.jpg.html
> 
> Grytviken:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191020-3279cropped.jpg.html
> 
> The rest are various locations on the island:
> 
> Elsehul:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South+Georgia-20191015-391.jpg.html
> 
> Salisbury Plain - the first two are the views on either side of our landing
> area, and the third is a monochrome one:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South+Georgia-20191016-575bsmall.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191016-587small.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191016-1041small.jpg.html
> 
> Undine Harbour:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191022-4794small.jpg.html
> 
> Gold Harbour, aka Blubber Central, where we could not land because of the
> density of Elephant Seals on shore, taken from the zodiac:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191023-9706small.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191023-9739small.jpg.html
> 
> Fortuna Bay, the only one taken from the ship:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191024-9125small.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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