[Leica] Sea Birds

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 12:12 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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> Lots of really good ones. The colours in Metallic Seas and Sunset are
> stunning, and you have captured some good action, e.g. in the last one. But
> I think my favourite is the Black-Bowed Albatross.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 24 Nov 2019, at 05:20, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> > The next installment of photographs from my South Georgia trip is of
> birds,
> > mostly sea birds, to be exact, the Albatross and Petrels that roam our
> > oceans. Most of the photographs, except for the last four, have been
> taken
> > from the boat.
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> > Let us start with the king of the oceans, the Wandering Albatross. These
> > are quite remarkable birds, they have been known to fly over 100k km in a
> > year, they seldom touch the ground except to breed, and they have the
> > longest wingspan of any bird - 2.5 to 3.5 metres, as can be seen from
> this
> > photograph (natural sky, not replaced!!!?)
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-16833.jpg.html
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> > The most common albatross in this region is the Black-browed Albatross,
> > which can be seen quite easily, and nest in large numbers both in South
> > Georgia and more so in the Falklands:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191013-124.jpg.html
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> > Petrels are the scavengers of the oceans. Here are two of the smaller
> ones:
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> > Cape Petrel:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-16700.jpg.html
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> > Snowy Petrel:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-6831.jpg.html
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> > The most common large bird that we encounter in the open ocean, and on
> > shore in South Georgia is the Giant Petrel, a formidable and rapacious
> > predator and scavenger, so it is not unusual to have more interesting
> > photographs of this species over any other:
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> > Metallic Seas:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5620.jpg.html
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> > Sunset:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5876.jpg.html
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> > High Seas:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191012-106.jpg.html
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> > Take Off:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5221.jpg.html
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> > Wingspan:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191015-450.jpg.html
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> > Bath Time:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-10345.jpg.html
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> > The last two photographs are of common species on shore:
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> > Kelp Gull:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-4905.jpg.html
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> > Skua:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191022-5293.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE.
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> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
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