David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Gaucho and Mount at Estancia Helsingfors in Patagonia. Image taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 24-120 mm f/4 lens (ISO 200, 66 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 8, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.
Pair of Snowy Sheathbill’s and a Chinstrap Penguin on Elephant Island. This was at the desolate beach on Point Wild where Ernest Shackleton’s crew survived for 4 months in 1916 while Shackelton managed to sail to South Georgia and ultimately assured their rescue. I assume that the Sheathbill’s (as well as the Penguins and Seals) would have been on the menu for the sailors during this time. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 56 mm, f/16, 1/500 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC.
Having spent only one hour on this desolate beach, it is amazing that the twenty some sailors/adventurers survived for 4+ months. This was only the 2nd time that the MS Fram was able to land passengers at this historic location.
Thom and Thomas Discussing the Photography of Wind Blown Trees in Patagonia at Estancia Helsingfors. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 16-35 mm f/4 lens (ISO 125, 26 mm, f/11, 1/250 sec).
Little Blue Heron at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. Image taken with a Nikon D3 camera and 70-200 mm f/2.8 VRII + TC-E III 20 teleconverter (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec).
Alligator with its Jaw Wide Open. Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, Florida Space Coast. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 500 mm VR lens (ISO 100, 500 mm, f/4, 1/500 sec).
Sometimes you see more than birds along Black Point Drive at the National Wildlife Refuge.