From the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica

LouwPhotography

I finally got around to stitching some pictures taken in the Lemaire Channel in Antarctica. These were taken on the coldest day of the trip with the camera supported by one hand and my numbing face, the other hand in my pocket with a remote shutter trying to keep warm. A little cloning/healing to get the ship's railing out of the corners of the picture.

30D w/ 10-22mm @ 10mm, F11, 1/320s.

Vrungel

Good photo!
I can feel the cold…*:D

Jeroen

I like your website. You've seen quite a bit of the world. Cool.

schmoo

Excellent capture! It was worth the cold.

I love how it's growing right out of the water. It looks frozen, unchanging, and austere. I never would have guessed you were on a ship with how smooth the water is.

(why have I never thought to hide my hand in my pocket to hit the remote in cold weather? )

Andy

LouwPhotography

Jeroen wrote:

I like your website. You've seen quite a bit of the world. Cool.

Thanks -- so many places to go and not enough vacation time or money. :cry Oh well, just keep working our way down the list!

schmoo wrote:

Excellent capture! It was worth the cold.

I love how it's growing right out of the water. It looks frozen, unchanging, and austere. I never would have guessed you were on a ship with how smooth the water is.

(why have I never thought to hide my hand in my pocket to hit the remote in cold weather? )

I was alone above the bridge w/o anywhere to hide against the wind. (Translation: I was dumb and froze my *** off waiting for "the shot" while everyone else was on the deck happily taking pictures and ducking back into the ship every now and then.) Every once in a while, all the ice debris in the water would clear up and a picture opportunity would present itself.

I wish I could have introduced more scale into the first shot, but couldn't figure out how. Here's a different angle to give perspective, but doesn't show off the mountain. (The mountain on the right is the subject of the original picture. )



Thanks again, everyone!

JenGrace

I've really enjoyed your travel photography! You're so fortunate to have visited as many places as you have.

eenusa

Great shot from Lemaire. I hear what you're saying about trying to introduce perspective. I found it hard to do so myself - except on the few occasions when I had something like a zodiac in front of a glacier or iceberg. The scale of the scenery in Antarctica just doesn't come across in pictures.