[Leica] South Georgia

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

They are all excellent shots, Jayanand, but my favourite is the Snowy 
Sheathbill which is just "WOW!!"
Douglas
PS that elephant seal beachmaster has a real look of Harvey Weinstein...

On 23/12/2019 05:03, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> The last of my South Georgia critter photographs, tying up the loose knots
> and including some odds and ends. I have inserted them subject wise, so
> please follow the links to see them all.
>
> Elephant Seals are everywhere on the beaches early in the season, with
> beach masters settled, and the single males forever trying to sneak up and
> impregnate a female on the outer fringes of the harem. It is tiring work
> for the beach master, and it shows in their demeanor and quite a few look
> hassled and tired out - after all, they do not eat a morsel for the
> breeding period! The females look altogether more relaxed, though.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3771.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4473.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4491.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4095.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-4386.jpg.html
>
> A trio of King Penguin photographs:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-1961.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-9944.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191024-10158.jpg.html
>
> Next, we come to the King Penguin's greatest predator, the reptilian
> looking Leopard Seal which patrols the shoreline while concealing itself in
> the Kelp forests:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191018-2624.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-9642.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-9583.jpg.html
>
> Some other mammals and birds.
>
> Fur Seal:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191016-2007.jpg.html
>
> Gentoo Penguins in the Tussock Grass at Prion Island, lurking, yodeling and
> mating (a precarious, balancing affair). Prion Island is a major nesting
> site for the Wandering Albatross, so tourist access is limited to one
> demarcated pathway. Luckily this Gentoo Colony was next to the pathway,
> but, unfortunately no Wandering Albatross nest was anywhere near:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3629.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3489.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3610.jpg.html
>
> Antarctic Tern:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191019-3138.jpg.html
>
> A Snowy Sheathbill hovering so close above my head that I could not fit the
> whole bird into the frame:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191023-6754.jpg.html
>
> Finally, a couple of studies of one of the two endemic species in South
> Georgia, the South Georgia Pintail, also taken on Prion Island. I could
> not, unfortunately, get good shots of the other one, the South Georgia
> Pippit:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3514.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/South+Georgia/South+Georgia-20191021-3520.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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