Nikon 7100 – Kevin Raber

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Back In The Game

It’s been a while and I have seriously neglected this site and Facebook. Sometimes you get to a point it gets too busy to anything else. Lately with the Luminous-Landscape site I am doing so many cool projects and travel I have not had an extra minute in the day. I can now see the light in the tunnel though and felt I need to get back to my blog and sharing my images. So, today we have Take Me To The Ball Game #1. Tis is handheld stitch done at one of the Indianapolis Indian games. To read an article I write on making these kind of images click HERE.

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Sunset, Oh Yeah

Ok, it’s a sunset. But, it’s a cool sunset. Antarctica has lovely sunsets. They last a long time and have amazing color. This was one shot from the ship after we finished an amazing zodiac cruise through the Iceberg Graveyard. A great way to end what had been a 20 hour day of photography.

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Tub On The Porch

Prior to the trip to Antarctica a number of the party I was was traveling with decided to visit Valparaiso, Chile. This is a seaside city on the coast of Chile built on a hillside. I was surprised on how lovely this city was and the energy this city had. Certainly is on mum list to visit again next year when I go back to Antarctica. We spent a lot of time walking the streets here and shooting wall art and city views. Then we stumbled on this bathtub on a porch. I am sure you can think of any number of reasons this tub is here. Have fun.

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Street Art

During my trip to Antarctica I spent a day in Santiago. A group of us decided to hire a guide and small bus and we visited Valparaiso. This is a small seaside town in Chile. In almost all South American cities graffiti is a problem like it was in the cities of the US back in the eighties. To combat this in Valparaiso the city asked artists to create wall art and this kind of art as shown above is everywhere. There are some amazing artworks all over the city. It’s like walking around a museum except you are walking city streets.

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Jumping Polar Bear

I made my first visit to the northern pole regions of our planet this past August. What an incredible trip. I plan to take two small boat expeditions there next July. This is an image from one of the 15 polar bear encounters we had during this trip. Just amazing animals. Especially when you see the way they live.

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Polar Bear Jumping

When we traveled into the ice pack at 82.34 degrees last week we experienced a lot of polar bears. It is so hard to believe in the desolate environment there was so much life. Here’s a shot of one of the polar bears we encountered as it jumps from one ice berg to another. And, just to be clear this is ice pack ice that has broken up and is not an ice berg broken off of a glacier. These bears roam the ice pack hunting for seals. They jump, walk or swim to get where they need to go.

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Glacier Calving

Sometimes you are at the right spot at the right time. This was one of those cases. A week ago while cruising around in front of a glacier we could see a lot of calving going on. This is when chucks of ice break off of a glacier and form icebergs. It sounds like thunder. It causes giant splashes and huge wave. The trick is predicting where it might happen and being ready. Luck was with me as I caught this giant calving at the right moment. The motor drive was purring at 5 frames a second. I love this shot as you can see the giant ice chucks breaking off as well as hundreds of birds that took flight when it happened. Click on the image and look at the large version. CLICK on the image to see larger version Click again to see even bigger.

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Walrus

What amazes me about both Polar regions is the amount of wildlife that lives there. In the Arctic we ran across walruses quite often. One of them even sunk one of our beached Zodiacs. These are animals that are giants. Best known for the tusks. This shot was a lucky one for me as I caught it right after it raised its head from the water. I love the water dripping off the tusks. Shot with A Nikon D7100 and 80-400 lens which turned out to be the ideal set up for this kind of shooting.

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Water and Ice

Arriving at this location we faced a gigantic and very long glacier or ice wall. It is actually part of the permanent ice pack on Svalbard. zThere must have been a hundred waterfalls flowing from this place. This one image is showing a waterfall of about 50 feet coming out of a glacier as water carves it way through the glaciers. Some of the other waterfalls come of the top. I have pictures of those too so you’ll see them somewhere along the way. Pretty amazing to see all of this.

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Edge Of The Ice

I am now back in Svalbard, Norway after 10 days at sea. No internet, email or cell phones. Lots of amazing things. I traveled to latitude 82.34 degrees on the MV Quest exploring the Arctic. I have come back with an amazing set of images and the above shot is the first of many that will grace my blog. One of the biggest experiences was going farther north in our ship than has ever been done before. This is because the ice pack is shrinking. You read all about it and yes when you are there you can see things are changing very rapidly. This image today symbolizes a lot of what I see happening. It’s putting the Polar Bear on the edge. They have no connection to land as the ice pack has moved so far north. Here is a bear literally at the edge of the ice pack. I think it sums it up very well. I’ll have more images over the coming days and weeks.