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Subject: [Leica] Falklands 1
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:11:49 -0000
References: <CAH1UNJ2QZTNp6K_HNQE44WuPngOz66PPZgWH3x0_7fffxEGG6A@mail.gmail.com>

Good stuff, Jayanand. Why the choice of D800E rather than the D4 this time? 
Just curious.

Douglas


----- 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: Thursday, January 30, 2014 4:01 PM
Subject: [Leica] Falklands 1


> The first port of call on the Antarctic trip was the Falklands.
> Falklands has quite a variety of bird life, and is a critical habitat
> for the Black-browed Albatross - 80% of the breeding pairs in the
> world nest in the Falklands. Our first landing was supposed to be on
> Sealion Island, but adverse sea conditions scuttled that plan. So we
> did two landings on Bleaker Island, on opposite sides. Bleaker Island
> is a privately owned island where a novel experiment is currently
> under way. A part of the island is fenced off for sheep rearing, and
> the rest is left in totally natural condition for endemic wild life.
>
> The first landing was on a beach which had both a Magellanic Penguin
> colony, a Blue-eyed Shag colony as well a small Gentoo Penguin colony.
> Magellanic Penguins are the southernmost species of "Warm Weather
> Penguins", which include the Jackass Penguins of South Africa and the
> Galapagos Penguins amongst others.
>
> Penguin Highway:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0833.jpg.html
>
> Gang on the Beach:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_0906.jpg.html
>
> Coming Home: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_1271.jpg.html
>
> Stepping Out: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140108_1060.jpg.html
>
> Skua Nesting: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1336.jpg.html
>
> Opportunist: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1432.jpg.html
>
> Blue-eyed Shag:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140109_1501.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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