Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Thanks for looking. It is estimated that the best beachmasters father 500-600 kids in their lifetime, so I presume the energy sapping run around is worth it! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 3:28 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > My favourite is the tired beachmaster?truly wiped out as you describe. > > 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 23 Dec 2019, at 06:03, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information