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Subject: [Leica] Landscapes and Icebergs
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 14:12:42 +0100
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Absolutely wonderful set!!!
Cheers
Lluis


> El 30 des 2019, a les 18:37, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> va escriure:
> 
> I was away from a large screen, and really didn't want to comment without
> seeing your images properly.
> 
> Hard to imagine the majesty in person of the sights you've seen and shared
> the last week or so.
> 
> Happy that you did, as I'm sure I'll not get the opportunity to see them
> for myself.
> 
> Thanks and
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
> 
> USA
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 11:00 PM 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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