Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > The seals at the end, especially the yawning one! > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 5:14 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > I just have a handful of photographs processed and ready, and thought > > I would post them before Neela & I leave for Ndutu in Tanzania > > tomorrow for a 10 day trip which also includes two other LUG couples - > > Howard and Esther Cummer and Alastair and Helen Firkin.. This is a > > place in the Antarctic Peninsula called Cuverville Island, which has a > > Gentoo Penguin breeding colony high up on a hill fronted by an > > extremely rocky beach leading to open water. The first photo is of the > > only land bird that makes its home in Antarctica, the Snowy > > Sheathbill, which can be found scavenging around the penguin colonies: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140118_5713.jpg.html > > > > The Gentoo Penguins come down a very well traversed "highway" from the > > rookery to the rocky beach front in order to access the open water to > > feed: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140118_5694.jpg.html > > > > Then they literally hop onto the rocks: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140118_5663.jpg.html > > > > There were a few Weddell Seals around, too. This one just woke up as I > > approached and launched into a few luxurious yawns: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140118_5720.jpg.html > > > > More interesting, though, was to watch these seals slithering and > > sliding over and around the rocks, like gigantic slugs, to get to the > > open water. Like most animals/birds here, you could get close without > > any fear - very surprising, considering the wholesale slaughter of > > these creatures that took place in these parts for a good part of the > > 20th century: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140118_5808.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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >