Awesome. Beautiful shots! Well done, digital.
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Absolutely superb, Catherine!
Did you have to go out in a Zodiac to take the photo? What camera and lens did you use?
Alan
We went down on the Russian icebreaker, the Captain Khlebnikov, then flew in on helicopters, and then hiked in a mile with our gear. The Emperors nest on fast ice (ice that is attached to land) so they never "officially" set foot on land their whole lives. I used a 7DMII and a 100-400 II or the new 70-200/f4 II for all my shots. I tried taking my M5 but didn't work because of the glare. Artie Morris was on the same trip with his GF.Absolutely superb, Catherine!
Did you have to go out in a Zodiac to take the photo? What camera and lens did you use?
Alan
We went down on the Russian icebreaker, the Captain Khlebnikov, then flew in on helicopters, and then hiked in a mile with our gear. The Emperors nest on fast ice (ice that is attached to land) so they never "officially" set foot on land their whole lives. I used a 7DMII and a 100-400 II or the new 70-200/f4 II for all my shots. I tried taking my M5 but didn't work because of the glare. Artie Morris was on the same trip with his GF.
Lovely picture. I see lots of them up here in Canada, and have even had one land in my hand looking for a treat.A female Downy Woodpecker from today in Texas (5D iv, 70-200 2.8L ii, 1.4x iii; 265mm, ISO 1600, F5.6, 1/125)View attachment 182436
He was right about not being able to take any pictures!! This was my 4th trip to Antarctica and because it was on a flat bottomed icebreaker it was the roughest across the Drake I've ever had. I was sitting in my room and the chair I was in was thrown over and I hit my head and hip on the floor--thankfully not breaking anything!. This picture was taken from our window and I've got tons more like it. Boats with a keel are more stable so they manage the waves and seas better.That's very interesting as Art Morris complained bitterly on his blog about the boat, and he normally enthuses. I recall he wrote that you couldn't take photos from the boat as it was too rocky. Is that so?
Thanks for the account. He did mention someone was thrown across a room. It’s a small world. It was worth it for that marvellous shot!He was right about not being able to take any pictures!! This was my 4th trip to Antarctica and because it was on a flat bottomed icebreaker it was the roughest across the Drake I've ever had. I was sitting in my room and the chair I was in was thrown over and I hit my head and hip on the floor--thankfully not breaking anything!. This picture was taken from our window and I've got tons more like it. Boats with a keel are more stable so they manage the waves and seas better.
But, I have to say, Artie's a bit of a whiner, I'm older than he is and didn't have the luxury of someone else carrying my gear out and back. This trips' express purpose was to go to the Emperors and it requires an icebreaker which is not good in rough seas and that's the definition of the Drake. Boats with a keel handle the Drake much better and allow for deck photography but they won't get you to the Emperors. You pay your money and you take your choice!!
Crossing the Drake
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On the ice
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Enjoy the birds--there are lots of resident ones and I don't know if some of the early nesters will be starting to stake out territory and gathering nesting materials yet. Seems like that starts around March but it's been a long time since I've been there. We head to Tanzania the first of Feb for the birthing season and to look for predators and I'll do a stop in Arusha looking for flamingos.Just packing to fly to Florida for a couple of weeks to use up some BA airmiles, a circular tour beginning and ending in Orlando. Decided to travel light, just the 5DSR + 100-400mm II for me and the Sony RX10IV for my wife as we hope to spend most of the time walking around nature reserves and some sightseeing. Hope to do some posting.
We had a fantastic time in Tanzania in November, birding from dawn to dusk for a solid 14 days, and spent a couple of days in Arusha and saw greater and lesser flamingos.Enjoy the birds--there are lots of resident ones and I don't know if some of the early nesters will be starting to stake out territory and gathering nesting materials yet. Seems like that starts around March but it's been a long time since I've been there. We head to Tanzania the first of Feb for the birthing season and to look for predators and I'll do a stop in Arusha looking for flamingos.
Catherine
+1!Nice shots, Jeff.
Closeups of a Goldeneye munching on a crab. Shows some interesting anatomical details.