[Leica] South Georgia

[Jim Nichols]

A beautiful, well composed series.  Very well done!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/19/2019 10:11 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> 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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