Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fascinating. Was this a photo expedition? Thanks! Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:31 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Nathan, Ric, Jim, Jay, Douglas, Gene > Thanks for looking. Normally, if you mention "albatross" in the > English speaking world, everyone thinks of Coleridge's The Rime of the > Ancient Mariner almost immediately. > > Albatrosses and the big Petrels are really magnificent birds, where > the actual huge size is seldom readily apparent in photographs, > because there is never anything in the open seas to scale them by. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 7:14 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: >> Very nice set Jayanand. Especially like the Humpback Whale photo. >> >> gene >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "PSM" <psm-1857 at >> googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:16:23 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central >> Subject: [Leica] Antarctica >> >> I just returned from a super trip to Falklands, South Georgia and the >> Antarctic Peninsula. Brilliant trip, really one of those "once in a >> lifetime"affairs. For starters, a few photos taken from the ship of >> some of the fauna of the Southern Oceans - all cabins had a very >> convenient balcony on our ship, so this was a good boredom killer at >> times during the long stretches at sea between various landfalls. >> >> Northern Giant Petrel: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0297.jpg.html >> >> Black-browed Albatross: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_2044.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_2062.jpg.html >> >> Royal Albatross: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_1924.jpg.html >> >> Wandering Albatross: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_1950.jpg.html >> >> Fin Whale: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2260.jpg.html >> >> Humpback Whale: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140110_1953.jpg.html >> >> A Pod of Humpbacks: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140111_2384.jpg.html >> >> Please look LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information