[Leica] Neko Harbour

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

The landscapes are awesome, of course, but I really like the sleeping seal 
and the screaming birds at the end.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/

YNWA









On Feb 28, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> The only time we actually set foot on the Antarctic Continent proper
> was in Neko Harbour, a very popular landing area for tourist ships. It
> is surrounded by huge, active glaciers, audibly grinding away and
> calving. A panorama of the mouth of one such biggie, both in colour
> and monochrome:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264C.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264.jpg.html
> 
> As the crew were preparing for landing, I was taken up with the play
> of light and shade on this hillside, as the sun struggled to break
> through the clouds (the moon is actually visible in the last shot):
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5266.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5278.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5286.jpg.html
> 
> First off the ship were those of us who wanted to hike/climb up the 
> hillside:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5338.jpg.html
> 
> As we landed on the beach, we were greeted by a Weddell Seal, fast asleep:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5361.jpg.html
> 
> But the chief attraction of Neko Harbour was a roosting colony of
> Gentoo Penguins with their young in their circular surface nests of
> stones and pebbles:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5384.jpg.html
> 
> The parents reassured the chicks:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5410.jpg.html
> 
> Fed them - this was a newborn:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5492.jpg.html
> 
> Gentoos normally lay two eggs, and there were those nests, where one
> egg had hatched and one was yet to hatch:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5551.jpg.html
> 
> There were raucous scraps between adults, mainly caused by one Gentoo
> being caught stealing pebbles from the nests of others:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5563.jpg.html
> 
> Gentoos were calling everywhere:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5555.jpg.html
> 
> And, above the whole rookery, on the slopes, were the opportunistic
> Skua, waiting for their chance to snatch a chick or an egg:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5461.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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