Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/28

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Subject: [Leica] Alkehornet
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:56:49 -0700
References: <CAH1UNJ0qGqcNRj7Wy2cJiFjF2uY3pKVgCu2RnBCLsrBCa5dqZw@mail.gmail.com>

Gorgeous. Both!

Bob Adler

On Jul 28, 2012, at 8:35 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
> 
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