Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two wonderful pictures! Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 On Jul 28, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Alkehornet is a cliff where birds (kittiwakes, puffins, etc) have nesting > colonies right on top. The name comes from the fact that the bird cliff in > the foreground looks like an Elk's Horn seen side on. At the bottom of the > cliff is typical tundra habitat, spongy to walk on, where you can sink > thigh deep without any warning. Reindeer and Arctic Foxes dot the landing > area - we saw a family of the latter at their den which consisted of the > couple and at least 8 pups! We also saw a pod of 50+ Belugas in Isfjorden > in the distance - too far to photograph, but enjoyable to watch through > binoculars. Here are two panoramas - one wide, and one tight. The first one > in B&W had considerable variation in the blue of the sky, which is why I > have chosen to make the sky very dark - it also has the additional > advantage of giving a pop to the snow covered cliffs alongside. I also used > a modicum of "Content Aware Fill" to compensate for my hand held panorama > technique: > > Alkehornet B&W: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/Svalbard/P18BWF.jpg.html > > Alkehornet Colour: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/Svalbard/P19F.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