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Subject: [Leica] Neko Harbour
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:54:00 +0530
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Nathan,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:
> The landscapes are awesome, of course, but I really like the sleeping seal 
> and the screaming birds at the end.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> On Feb 28, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
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>> The only time we actually set foot on the Antarctic Continent proper
>> was in Neko Harbour, a very popular landing area for tourist ships. It
>> is surrounded by huge, active glaciers, audibly grinding away and
>> calving. A panorama of the mouth of one such biggie, both in colour
>> and monochrome:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264C.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Panoramas/antarcticpanos_001/Antarctica_20140117_5264.jpg.html
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>> As the crew were preparing for landing, I was taken up with the play
>> of light and shade on this hillside, as the sun struggled to break
>> through the clouds (the moon is actually visible in the last shot):
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5266.jpg.html
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5278.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5286.jpg.html
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>> First off the ship were those of us who wanted to hike/climb up the 
>> hillside:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5338.jpg.html
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>> As we landed on the beach, we were greeted by a Weddell Seal, fast asleep:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5361.jpg.html
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>> But the chief attraction of Neko Harbour was a roosting colony of
>> Gentoo Penguins with their young in their circular surface nests of
>> stones and pebbles:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5384.jpg.html
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>> The parents reassured the chicks:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5410.jpg.html
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>> Fed them - this was a newborn:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5492.jpg.html
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>> Gentoos normally lay two eggs, and there were those nests, where one
>> egg had hatched and one was yet to hatch:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5551.jpg.html
>>
>> There were raucous scraps between adults, mainly caused by one Gentoo
>> being caught stealing pebbles from the nests of others:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5563.jpg.html
>>
>> Gentoos were calling everywhere:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5555.jpg.html
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>> And, above the whole rookery, on the slopes, were the opportunistic
>> Skua, waiting for their chance to snatch a chick or an egg:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140117_5461.jpg.html
>>
>> Please see LARGE
>>
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Neko Harbour)
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