Tag: Image Of The Day

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If You Don’t Succeed The First Time . . .

Black Cottage, Scotland
Black Cottage, Scotland

This is one of those iconic images of Scotland.  It’s the famous Black Cottage.  There is always a photographer or two there shooting this little cottage.  They key is getting it at the right time of say with light and clouds.  And, as was the norm for this trip to Scotland everything fell into place on the third try.  This is a hrs place to shoot and requires a bit of post processing work to balance foreground and background and make it all look good.  I have a large print of this and it is stunning. Shot on a Phase One IQ180 it has amazing detail.

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Water and Iceberg

Iceberg and Wave
Iceberg and Wave

As you know from the previous posts from the last few days that I am very much into ice and cold weather images.  Today image was made on one of my trips to Antarctica where we were close to some very large icebergs.  This is a shot as a wave washes up on an iceberg that had just Turtled which is rolling over.  I love the texture and simplicity.

 

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Happy Leopard Seal

Happy Leopard Seal, Antarctica
Happy Leopard Seal, Antarctica

As my collection of Antarctica Images continue, I share today an image I have always liked.  This is a leopard seal on a bergy bit floating contently in a small bay in Antarctica. I always though this image defined Antarctica.  It’s got ice, landscape and wildlife.  This place is truly heaven for photographers.

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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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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.