Month: October 2013

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Back To Antarctica

Iceberg from the iceberg graveyard, Antarctica 2007
Iceberg from the iceberg graveyard, Antarctica 2007

I am so excited.  I am going back to Antarctica not one but twice in the next few months.  My first journey is November 6th and will be my last trip across the Drake Passage on a  boat.    The Drake can be very nasty.  I’m talking 40 foot waves, rocking and pitching boat for 2 days.  I am not bothered by this (luckily( but others don’t find it so pleasant.  Once you get there though it gets very good as far as photography goes.  After these two trips I’ll have a ton of images to use n a couple of books I am planning for Antarctica.  This image was made in the iceberg graveyard.  This is a rather large bay where icebergs drift in and become grounded. Over time water and melting them creates these amazing looking icebergs.  This shot shows a Leopard Seal who just finished a meal.  He didn’t give us even a head raise as we cruised by in our Zodiac.

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Fall Color In Zion

Fall Colors In Zion National Park 2011
Fall Colors In Zion National Park 2011

Zion National PArk is a small park in comparison to some others but a lot of beautiful sights are tucked away inside this unusual location.  I thought since fall colors are almost upon us that i would post a fall colors in Zion image.  This was made about 2 years ago in the first week on November.  The park just turns a beautiful color and no matter where you aim your camera you get a good shot.

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Old Crane

Marble Crane, Svalbard, Norway
Marble Crane, Svalbard, Norway

The recent trip I took to Svalbard was a great place to shoot many types of images.  We did a landing one day on shore at an old marble mine.  It was a great place to shoot old building as well as lots of rust.  This image was made of an old crane used to load boats.  I liked the rust as well as the color of the background.  This was made with a Nikon D800E and a 24-70mm lens.

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Side Of Cabin

Building In Old Mining Camp, Svalbard, Norway
Building In Old Mining Camp, Svalbard, Norway

While in Salvbard, Norway we landed our zodiacs in an area that used to be an old marble mine.  I always love these abandoned areas as I travel around the world.  I’ll find rust, decay and all sorts of cools things to shoot that are not necessarily and landscape but in reality are.  There were several huts here and this image is the side of one hut with a table.  I liked the two mention feel and balance of the table with the  window.   Shot with a Phase One IQ180.

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Land , Sea and Sky

Land, Sky and Sea, Svalbard, Norway
Land, Sky and Sea, Svalbard, Norway

I am going to switch things up a bit and move away from fall colors and head back north to Norway.  This image was made this past August in Svalbard, Norway.  It was shot from the ship while we were at anchor.   I selected a square format and put very little land and water in the image as it was they sky that was so beautiful.  Shot with a Nikon D800E and 8-400mm lens.