[Leica] Alkehornet

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Bernard Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote:

> Two wonderful pictures!
>
> Barney
>
> Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On Jul 28, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Alkehornet is a cliff where birds (kittiwakes, puffins, etc) have nesting
> > colonies right on top. The name comes from the fact that the bird cliff
> in
> > the foreground looks like an Elk's Horn seen side on. At the bottom of
> the
> > cliff is typical tundra habitat, spongy to walk on, where you can sink
> > thigh deep without any warning. Reindeer and Arctic Foxes dot the landing
> > area - we saw a family of the latter at their den which consisted of the
> > couple and at least 8 pups! We also saw a pod of 50+ Belugas in Isfjorden
> > in the distance - too far to photograph, but enjoyable to watch through
> > binoculars. Here are two panoramas - one wide, and one tight. The first
> one
> > in B&W had considerable variation in the blue of the sky, which is why I
> > have chosen to make the sky very dark - it also has the additional
> > advantage of giving a pop to the snow covered cliffs alongside. I also
> used
> > a modicum of "Content Aware Fill" to compensate for my hand held panorama
> > technique:
> >
> > Alkehornet B&W:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/Svalbard/P18BWF.jpg.html
> >
> > Alkehornet Colour:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/Svalbard/P19F.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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