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Subject: [Leica] Landscapes and Icebergs
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:04:42 -0500
References: <CAH1UNJ3B_3PfvKVJYof3a5Mk6PRZJ7Ztm9ONNy8HOC1CzPY7ow@mail.gmail.com>

your trip was filled with MUCH awe!!!

thanks for sharin it with us!

ric


> On Dec 29, 2019, at 12:00 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> The last installment from my South Georgia trip is a large one, so please
> bear with me one final time. The landscapes of South Georgia are so
> striking and so grand in scale that they literally beg for the multi frame
> panorama format to do them justice. However, I did take some single frame
> shots as well:
> 
> Clearing Storm:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-7595.jpg.html
> 
> Golden Hour (After Sunset):
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191022-6426.jpg.html
> 
> Sunrise:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-6432.jpg.html
> 
> Sunrise (Closer):
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-6440.jpg.html
> 
> Bright Light:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191022-5576.jpg.html
> 
> There are innumerable icebergs around this area, affected as it is by the
> cold waters of the Antarctic current, as South Georgia lies on the inside
> of the Antarctic Confluence. The first photograph has a bizarre cloud
> formation, and I would like to know what it is, if anyone knows! The second
> was at sunrise, and the rest were taken in overcast to dark, stormy skies,
> giving a dramatic effect:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191017-2317.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-8687.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-7553.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-7575.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-2840.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-2845.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-7563.jpg.html
> 
> The next section is details of icebergs:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-2950.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-2962.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-2995.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-7558.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-8758.jpg.html
> 
> Penguins and terns are seen on icebergs - not too frequently, but the
> sightings are not rare:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-7670.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191018-7722.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-7368.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-7139.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-7180.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-7203.jpg.html
> 
> Finally, and lastly, some shots taken on a sail up Drygalski Fjord, a
> dramatic but short inlet which nevertheless boasts of two glacier mouths,
> the Risting and Jenkins Glaciers, which is located at the south eastern end
> of South Georgia. These glaciers were joined till the 1980s, but have since
> meandered apart:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191022-5599.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-8815.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-8819.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-8940.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Landscape/South+Georgia-20191023-8940BW.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, are welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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