Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Ric, Jim, Jay, Douglas, Gene Thanks for looking. Normally, if you mention "albatross" in the English speaking world, everyone thinks of Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner almost immediately. Albatrosses and the big Petrels are really magnificent birds, where the actual huge size is seldom readily apparent in photographs, because there is never anything in the open seas to scale them by. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 7:14 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > Very nice set Jayanand. Especially like the Humpback Whale photo. > > gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "PSM" <psm-1857 at > googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:16:23 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [Leica] Antarctica > > I just returned from a super trip to Falklands, South Georgia and the > Antarctic Peninsula. Brilliant trip, really one of those "once in a > lifetime"affairs. For starters, a few photos taken from the ship of > some of the fauna of the Southern Oceans - all cabins had a very > convenient balcony on our ship, so this was a good boredom killer at > times during the long stretches at sea between various landfalls. > > Northern Giant Petrel: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0297.jpg.html > > Black-browed Albatross: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_2044.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_2062.jpg.html > > Royal Albatross: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_1924.jpg.html > > Wandering Albatross: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_1950.jpg.html > > Fin Whale: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2260.jpg.html > > Humpback Whale: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_1953.jpg.html > > A Pod of Humpbacks: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2384.jpg.html > > Please look LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information