Antarctic expedition Dec. '22 - Jan. '23. Part 11

Heading further south down the Antarctic peninsula, next stop was Lindblad Cove. No zodiac landing sites so it was an opportunity for us to go out in zodiacs (and kayaks for the kayakers), through the crunching brash ice to explore.
Continuing the numbering from Part 10.

139. Antarctica proper.
Nearing Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

140. Ready to explore.
Zodiacs and kayaks in Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

141. Shades of blue, sculpted by nature.
Sculpted brash ice, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

142. 'Golf ball' patterns created underwater, then revealed when the ice flips over.
'Golf-balled' brash ice, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

143.
   Ice floe, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

144. The intense blue created by refractions of air bubbles compressed in the glacial ice.
Intense blues, ice floe, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

145.
View from a zodiac, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

146. These 'dry dock' ice floes are what is revealed as they flip over with the part melting of the underwater section.
'Dry dock' iceberg, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

147. Adelie penguin well away from the danger of predators. Scaling the ice would be a challenge, but I've seen in documentaries where they actually rocket up vertically out of the water and land on their target site with great precision.
Adelie penguins on iceberg, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

148. As we circled we could see it was a pair.
Pair of Adelies on iceberg, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

149.
Out of reach of leopard seals, Adelie penguins, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

150.
Safe penguin lookout, iceberg, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

More following below...




Edited by Jozioau - 11 March 2023 at 06:12

Wow!!

All I can say...

Indeed, #153 and #154 are the winners of this set... Zen!

Thanks for the comments and feedback. It truly was one of the great photographic outings of my life. No wind, layered up against the freshingly crisp coldness, and just the crackle and crunch of the brash ice as we nosed through the water in our zodiacs.

Thanks too, Harald for spotting the dust specs in those photos when I shut down my f-stop. I've since edited them out, deleted the originals and replaced with 3 clean images (##152, 153 and 154) on Flickr and put in new BB code links to this thread.

Mostly all taken with a7iv and SEL2470GM, but I also had my a99ii and SAL70200mm G SSM with which I took ##148, 155, 156 and 157.

While going through my many photos during the dust bunny elimination exercise, I found and decided to add a couple more of that sculpted iceberg taken as we slowly circled around it.

160.
Sculpted iceberg textures, Lindblad Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

161.
Sculpted iceberg, other side, Lindblat Cove, Antarctica by Joe Lewit, on Flickr

Thanks for looking.
For continuation, see Part 12.






Edited by Jozioau - 16 March 2023 at 22:33

Harald, must be my old eyes. Thanks for the alert. I need to be more meticulous and at larger magnification.
Now cleaned up and re-posted.

Couldn't get cleaner air or water. Just the hazards of changing lenses and on a mirrorless camera, there's no pellicle mirror to barricade the sensor from any microscopic debris. Mostly I'm shooting at mid apertures and it's no issue, but stopped down for greater DOF it is. Fortunately I found that a rocket blower easily cleans things up.

angora wrote: (it obviously took me some time to -find and- join this amazing journey, sorry). mesmerising... Joe! what a treat! never seen anything like it. and so happy for you! TYSM for taking us along!!! hope you'll never stop posting... (but meanwhile still lots to discover in previous posts ).

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