Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, I only just got to looking at your new stuff. Seems like you were far from home! Lots of great shots there and the walruses are especially impressive. Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 2 August 2012 00:13, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > A few photographs of walrus at a haul-out at Torellneset - the beasts treat > -5F as we would treat a day at the beach and sun themselves piled up > together. This was a male bunch - we did not see any females and young, as > they haul-out further west of Spitsbergen. Luckily for us, they are curious > beasts and approached us till they were only a few metres away in the water > - there is very little fun in photographing a pod of walrus sleeping and > sunning themselves, piled up on a gravelly beach. The last one was taken > when the sky was very grey, but the light kept improving thereafter: > > In The Environment: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1438.jpg.html > > Big Boy: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1409.jpg.html- > homage to Jim Shulman (-: > > Baleful Look: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1412.jpg.html > > Curiosity: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/norway/Norway_20120704_1367.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 >