Kevin Raber

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

For The Love Of Penguins

Chin Strap Penguins jumping onto an iceberg

These are two penguin photos I made on my last trip to Antarctica in February 2020. They were photographed with the Sony a7r iv and have a ton of detail. I processed these in Capture One 20 and used shadow recovery to bring out details in the black feathers and needed to highlight recovery in the white area of the penguin. I shot a lot of penguin photos and I always look for something different.

The top image was made from our ship as we passed an iceberg and the penguins were jumping onto an iceberg.

The image below was made onshore and it is a young penguin who is molting and trying to groom itself.

Posted on March 24, 2020March 21, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Starry Iceberg

A little fun with Antarctica images. With all the isolation that we are taking part in as a world, I have been playing a lot with images and third party programs. One program that has my interest right now is Skylum – Luminar. There are all sorts of cool things this program does and one of them si AI Sky Replacement. So, I decided to try and put a starry image to replace the sky and this is what I came up with. It seems, kind of like cheating but it is fun and the images are pretty cool. Whether you are a fan of this or not it is fun to see what technology allows us to do.

Posted on March 23, 2020March 21, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Dramatic Icebergs

Dramatic Iceberg. One thing I like to do is play with my iceberg images and find new ways to create a different view of an iceberg. I will be doing an article on photoPXL.com where I show this iceberg in more than a dozen different ways. Look for that soon. These giant icebergs always give me new ways of seeing. These are unique images. Unlike many landscape photos these photos are dynamic. Within a few days, this iceberg will take on a whole different look. It may break apart and it may flip over. Either way, these icebergs define what Antarctica is all about – A dynamic Landscape.

Posted on March 22, 2020March 21, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Big Blue

Planaeu Bay, Antarctica, the iceberg graveyard. This is a great place to visit and one place that I have done some of my best iceberg photos. This bay is full of grounded icebergs and once they get grounded they begin to erode and naturally make beautiful sculptured giant pieces of ice. This was made with a Sony a7r iv and 100-400mm lens. I’ll be sharing some close-ups of the ice in some future photos.

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Rusted Whale Oil Tank

Rust, rust, rust . . I love rust and especially the rust of Antarctica. This photo was made on Deception Island in Antarctica. I have been working on a whole series of rust in Antarctica and it will be part of an upcoming article where I share my different rust images. I liked this one with the ladder and graffiti. Funny to see graffiti even in Antarctica. Photographed with a Sony a75iv and 100-400mm zoom lens.

Posted on March 1, 2020February 29, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Big Ice

This will is the first of a lot of iceberg photos. I recently returned from Antarctica and shot thousands of images. This image was processed normally then I took it into Luminar 4 where I have some presets to bring out color and detail that I like for iceberg shots. I’ll do a tutorial on this on photoPXL.com in the near future.

Posted on February 29, 2020February 27, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Punta Arenas Cemetery

Every year that I go to Antarctica I arrive in the city of Punta Arenas, Chile a day early so I can spend some time at the cemetery there photographing the incredible location. National Geographic lists this cemetery as one of the most beautiful in the world. It’s very different, spooking and yet a gorgeous place to visit. This image is one of many I will share. It’s of the tomb of one of the regional leaders and has been descritated with red paint as part of a nationwide protest against the government of Chile. This is very visible around the country no matter where you go.

Posted on February 28, 2020February 27, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Penguin Feet

I have a terrific Sony lens that is my favorite. It’s a 100-400mm gm master lens and it can focus close. It allows me to get what I call the picture in the picture. Thus when I do wildlife I get the full animal and then using the zoomed-in feature I look for the unusual and what is more unusual than the feet of a penguin.

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Penguin Express

I just completed an Antarctica Expedition with 30 clients. It was a super trip and I have come home with a ton of photos. These photographs were made while we were traveling from one location to another. We were having dinner and saw this iceberg with penguins go by. The Captain immediately turns the ship around and we approached this iceberg. The penguins were jumping onto it and it was fin to watch as many took several tries to get up. It was dusk and very dark and I was fortunate to be shooting with a Sony a7r4 which has terrific high ISO capability. These are two of my favorites that I hope to make large prints of next week. I’ll also have more photos, an article or two and videos that will appear on photopxl.com in the near future.

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

The Tower In Copenhagen

I love Denmark and especially in Copenhagen. It’s one of the coolest cities in Europe and I have made dozens of trips there. One place I always enjoy visiting is the round tower. If I have my facts right a long time ago a Danish King wanted to have a tower he could drive his carriage up to with his wife to oversee the city. So, he built this tower with a circular roadway made of cobblestones that he could drive his carriage up. I guess things are a bit different today. I love walking up this tower and when you get to the top there is a 360-degree view of the city. If you visit Copenhagen make sure to do this attraction.