Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They're great, Jayanand. Isn't nature pretty awesome? Mind you so is that D4 and its lenses. Glad I live in the temperate zone, and the only danger from ice is caused by me. I type this in confessional mode as your pictures of icebergs reminded me I put a nice Tokay Aszu 6 Puttonos into the freezer, for a couple of minutes, six hours ago, and completely forgot about it. I've just taken it out - frozen solid. No chinstrap penguins on it, however.... Douglas ----- 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: Saturday, February 15, 2014 6:37 AM Subject: [Leica] Icebergs > Continuing the Antarctica journey, as we were leaving South Georgia > for the Antarctic continent, we made a detour to a dramatic inlet with > glaciers tumbling down from all sides called Drygalski Fjord. As we > approached the entrance it all looked quite dramatic: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_4055.jpg.html > > When we went in, it suddenly got dark and extremely blustery, and very > cold, which the captain, to his credit, navigated expertly in a very > narrow channel. At the end of the fjord, the clouds were low, dark and > dense, and the place was full of glaciers: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_4086.jpg.html > > On the way out, however, the weather started clearing up: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_4186.jpg.html > > So we set sail for the continent, and shortly after, icebergs started > turning up, glimmering under gray skies: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140115_4219.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140115_4229.jpg.html > > Then a big tabular iceberg showed up with a small flock of Chinstrap > Penguins along for the ride: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4233.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4235.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4471.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4533.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 >