Antarctica / S. Georgia / Falklands
It’s been about a year since I last was in the Southern Ocean and I’ve just returned from another fantastic National Geographic Expediton to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands. With my third trip to the trio, as well as several solo trips to the Antarctic, I’m always reminded of how special these places are.
I feel very fortunate to do what I get to do. I consider myself a “generalist” photographer, not a sports/wildlife/landscape-specific photographer, and I think that is what keeps my passion for this craft going. It’s forever a changing panorama in front of my camera; I love the ongoing challenge of finding a new way of capturing the image.
In the Antarctic/S. Georgia/ Falklands, neither the landscape, the wildlife, or the light is ever repeated. It genuinely feels like a remote and pristine environment, a place that is inexhaustible in its photographic potential.
Hope you enjoy my take on this wonderful place.
Gnoman Rock off of Point Wild on Elephant Island, within sight of the spot Shackleton’s crew spent 135 days before rescue
Olympus OM-D E-M5 PT-EP08 Housing
9-18mm
Gnoman Rock off of Point Wild, very near survival camp of Shackletons group where they spent 135 days before rescue
Olympus OM-D E-M5 PT-EP08 Housing
9-18mm
Edge of an iceberg
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
A Zodiac heads to the “Bremen” in the early evening Antarctic light
Olympus OM-D E-M1
12-40mm
Following series: In Ciera Cove, a female Leopard seal dives into the ice, then attempts launching out of the water to the ice
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Gentoo penguin on Baily Head
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Iceberg
At Point Wild, on Elephant Island, a colony of Gentoo penguins in front of the glacier which abutted the Shackleton survival camp Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Macaroni penguin “porpoising”
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Brush tail of King penguin
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Water drops of chest of King penguin after emerging from ocean at Gold Harbour in S. Georgia Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Water drops on chest of King penguin as it emerges from ocean at Gold Harbour
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Beach scene at Gold Harbour in S. Georgia
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
Gold Harbour, South Georgia
Olympus OM-D E-M1 50-200mm
King penguins on Gold Harbour, South Georgia Olympus OM-D E-M1 12-40mm f2.8
On St Andrews in South Georgia, a Skua looks over colony of 200,000+ King penguins…Olympus OM-D E-M1 w/50-200mm lens
In Hercules Bay, S. Georgia, a jellyfish as soon from underwater. Olympus OM-D E-M5 in housing with 9-18mm lens
Macaroni penguin preening, Hercules Bay, South Georgia
Near Stromness, in South Georgia, a fur seal pup reacts to my presence. Olympus OM-D E-M1 12-40mm lens
Near beach on New Island, Falklands
Black browed albatross colony in Falklands….Olympus OM-E E-M1 w/12-40mm lens
Black browed albatross on Westpoint Island, in Falklands…Olympus OM-D E-M1 w/12-40mm lens
Magellanic penguins near burrows on New Island in the Falklands…Olympus OM-D E-M1 w/50-200mm
Striated Caracaras (Johnny Rooks) on New Island, Falklands…Olympus OM-D E-M1 with 50-200
On Saunders Island in the Falklands, a group of Macaroni penguin emerge from surf…Olympus OM-D E-M1 w/12-40mm
