Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Impressive! I think the Gold Harbour with all the seals is my favourite. I am intrigued by the Norwegian place names on South Georgia?to my knowledge it was never a Norwegian territory, but perhaps Amundsen passed by on his way to the South Pole? Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 29 Nov 2019, at 04:53, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > A dozen panoramas from mu trip to South Georgia. These are all multi panel > panoramas taken hand held - I really had no option if I wanted to capture > landscapes because I invariably had a telephoto lens with me when I was on > shore, or in a zodiac! One word of caution - these have been reduced in > size a great deal in order to post it online, so fine details may have been > lost - but it does give a general idea of the beauty of the place. > > First, the beautiful and otherworldly Tierra Del Fuego National Park, just > outside Ushuaia at the southernmost tip of Argentina. We visited in a > snowstorm, and I took these panoramas between flurries (the first is full > colour, the second is monochrome): > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191010-7479.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191010-7458BW.jpg.html > > Next are the ruins of two of the major whaling stations where the carnage > took place - both also have a strong connection to Ernest Shackleton - > Stromness was the termination point of his epic journey and Grytviken is > where he is buried: > > Stromness: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191019-3269Small.jpg.html > > Grytviken: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191020-3279cropped.jpg.html > > The rest are various locations on the island: > > Elsehul: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South+Georgia-20191015-391.jpg.html > > Salisbury Plain - the first two are the views on either side of our landing > area, and the third is a monochrome one: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South+Georgia-20191016-575bsmall.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191016-587small.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191016-1041small.jpg.html > > Undine Harbour: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191022-4794small.jpg.html > > Gold Harbour, aka Blubber Central, where we could not land because of the > density of Elephant Seals on shore, taken from the zodiac: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191023-9706small.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191023-9739small.jpg.html > > Fortuna Bay, the only one taken from the ship: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191024-9125small.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