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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Anthony on March 06, 2019, 12:27:53
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I spent the last two weeks of January aboard the Hans Hansson in Antarctica. This was a photography expedition organised by Visionary Wild, whose founder Justin Black was one of the professional tutors. The other tutor was Daisy Gilardini, with whom I have travelled in the past.
I am still working through thousands of photos, but these will do as a start.
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That looks like a real expedition ! Small boat, small team, and wonderful landscape :) Looking forward to more pictures 8)
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Wow looks exciting, great pictures! The mood in the first on really striking 8) Looking forward to more ;)
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What an experience. I also look forward to more Images. The way things seem to be headed you may need to plan a trip in a few (?) years to see how things have changed. I just heard last night that Leh, Ladakh flooded last year due to Glacial melt.
Cheers,
Tom
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This looks like a great start. I'm looking forward to see how this thread develops. Thank you for sharing!
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Wow, what a trip... I am looking forward to seing more.
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Stepping back in time:
- dawn over Brazil on the flight form London to Santiago de Chile.
- iPhone shot of the plane which took us from Punta Arenas to King George Island, where we joined the Hans Hansson.
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One day you can tell your great grand kids that you have seen ice on the poles and London was not right at the coast...
joke aside, love the pictures, calling for more!
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Anthony, these are beautiful!
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What Jakov said - these are beautiful photos. I like the atmosphere of the first two with the ship and icebergs through the scattered snowflakes - were these taken from the shore, or were you out in a smaller boat? I'd be interested to know where along the Peninsula these were taken. Keep them coming! Cheers, John
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What Jakov said - these are beautiful photos. I like the atmosphere of the first two with the ship and icebergs through the scattered snowflakes - were these taken from the shore, or were you out in a smaller boat? I'd be interested to know where along the Peninsula these were taken. Keep them coming! Cheers, John
+1 ! Looking forward to more.
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Wonderful experience captured, Anthony. Fujifilm gear?
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promising start of your series, the one from inside the plane is my fav
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+1 ! Looking forward to more.
+2 :)
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Thank you all for your comments.
Frank, having just been to my first grandchild's first birthday party, I may have to wait some time for the great grandchildren!
Beryllium, the first two were taken from a Zodiac while we were on an iceberg cruise. We were near Cuverville Island at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuverville_Island
Fons, yes, all Fuji X-T3 apart from the iPhone shot.
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Frank, having just been to my first grandchild's first birthday party, I may have to wait some time for the great grandchildren!
You will also have to wait for sea levels to rise by ~10 Meters and reach London City Beach...
;)
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I´m also excited to see more of the trip. I think both the opening shot -love it!- and the dawn over Brazil with phone already stand out.
Please, continue!
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Gentoo, preening and diving.
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I am enjoying these lovely photographs enormously and looking forward to seeing many more of them.
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These are indeed lovely, as Ann said, and I too am enjoying. Inspires dreams of similar adventure...
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These are indeed lovely, as Ann said, and I too am enjoying. Inspires dreams of similar adventure...
+1 ;)
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Thank you, Ann, Ashlandish and Bent.
Here are some cute penguin chicks.
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And here are some not so cute penguin chicks.
The first is a Gentoo, the others are Adelies.
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great stuff !!! how far away were you ?
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Wow again ! Seems you had to lie in the "muck" ? That chick was well bred, he "jettisoned" outside the nest ;D
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good that you do not record smell
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Appreantly, the mother has taught the chick either too little about the manner or too much about the way to treat a guy...
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A great series, Anthony !
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Thank you, all, for your kind comments.
great stuff !!! how far away were you ?
We were not allowed closer than five meters to a penguin, but if a penguin chose to break that rule we were not required to retreat. So the land based photos would have been typically at 5-10 meters.
Wow again ! Seems you had to lie in the "muck" ? That chick was well bred, he "jettisoned" outside the nest ;D
I was prepared to lie in the snow, but not in mud and penguin poop! In some cases I used the tilting LCD screen for a low angle shot; in other cases the penguins were on higher ground. Getting the boots and bag clean before being allowed into the boat's living quarters was a chore after each land trip.
good that you do not record smell
The delicate aroma of a penguin rookery is experienced long before you get close. After a while you almost get used to it.
Appreantly, the mother has taught the chick either too little about the manner or too much about the way to treat a guy...
This is the standard way that penguins avoid contaminating their nests. I do not know if it is learned or instinctive. Penguin nests have white starburst around the perimeter - example here.. As they are often close together this can lead to unfortunate incidents. This guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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This is the standard way that penguins avoid contaminating their nests. I do not know if it is learned or instinctive. Penguin nests have white starburst around the perimeter - example here.. As they are often close together this can lead to unfortunate incidents. This guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Thank you for your serious response to my joke! :D Seriously, the "manner" makes perfect sense, and it could be imprinted in their DNAs?
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sweet penguin shots!
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the 2 chicks are super, as your art work in digestiv advertising is :)
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Thank you, Akira, Bob and Thomas.
We spent several hours moving slowly through the brash ice (loose floating pieces of ice) of the Lemaire Channel. There were many opportunities for photographers and our painter.
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There was plenty of wildlife.
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Snow and ice, of course.
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In late afternoon we went ashore to view some penguin rookeries.
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Anthony great work. I am not even going to attempt picking favorites since varied images and am enjoying all. Africa and Antarctica all in one place :).
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Nice :)
Keep them coming ;)
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Talk about calm waters, look at those reflections! This is still the bloody ocean, isn't it?
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2808 is my favourite so far... The plane is so vast and the white swimming islands so flat .... wow
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In the other pictures I like to see the cold rocks with ice around them. I felt Antarctica was all ice, now I see the rocks. I guess January is summertime there and the rocks cannot be seen in winter?
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Gorgeous images, keep them coming!
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Anthony, fantastic series, thank you for sharing it
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Thanks, all, for your kind comments.
Carl, it was indeed an extremely calm day. The Lemaire Channel is well protected and often peaceful.
Frank, yes, we were there in the height of summer. There would be a lot more snow in winter and spring. The location is about 65º S, so quite a long way from the South Pole.
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What a series, Anthony! Thank you so much for sharing these magnificent and rarely seen images of the deep south.
I am thoroughly enjoying this thread!
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What a series, Anthony! Thank you so much for sharing these magnificent and rarely seen images of the deep south.
I am thoroughly enjoying this thread!
Thanks, Jacov, more to come.
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You mentioned it is all shot with the x-t3, what lenses did you use Anthony?
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You mentioned it is all shot with the x-t3, what lenses did you use Anthony?
Armando, I used the 16/1.4, the 35/1/4 and the 100-400.
In the first Lemaire Channel post, 16, 16 and 35.
In the second, all three with the 100-400.
In the third, 16, 35, 35 and 35.
In the fourth, both with the 35.
All converted with Capture One Pro 12.
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At the end of a long day, Antarctica served up a spectacular light show. All these photos were taken in the space of less than an hour.
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Some more.
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Some more.
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very impressive landscape footage
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Amazing images at the sunset! The series makes me feel like strolling through an art exhibition.
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Lovely series. What created the footprints on the ice/snow in shot #2879?
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Thank you, Frank, Akira and Pluton.
I think the footprints must be from a penguin, although why it would come out of the water, walk a few metres and go back in, I am not sure.
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Anthony, Beautiful sunset images
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Really beautiful tones in the snow/ice and sky, Anthony.
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Anthony, these just get better and better.
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That display and capture of natures colors!
Thanks for sharing it
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Magnificent! What a spectable, very nicely captured ;) Thanks
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Magnificent! What a spectable, very nicely captured ;) Thanks
+1 :)