Antarctica Recap

I am back from Antarctic waters, and boy do I have stories to tell. I had a fantastic time with my introduction to the frozen continent down south, and I don’t know where to begin. I traveled with some amazing photographers, and I tried my best to provide the best service possible for all 68 participants on the voyage. Thank you to everybody who took the time to make the fantastic trip with me, and please know that I enjoyed getting to know each and every person. Please contact me at info@andybiggs.com if I can be of any service, whether it be post processing issues, printing or whatever. I am here to help in any way that I can.

Overall we had overcast days almost the entire time, as well as some high winds, snow, rain and sleet. It was pretty much what I expected, which means that I knew that weather changes quickly and violently down in Antarctica. I was hoping to have a bunch of images processed before arriving home, but it turns out that my Macbook Pro screen just doesn’t do Antarctica justice when trying to develop raw files with a fine line between white and near-white with detail. Lesson learned, for sure. I will be posting a more formal trip summary in the next few days, but here are a couple of barely-processed photographs from the trip as a teaser:

Nikon D3x, 24-70mm f/2.8, 1/640 @ f/6.3, ISO 800

Nikon D3, 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII, 1/1250 @ f/5, ISO 800

Nikon D3x, 16-35mm f/4, 1/500 @ f/5.6, ISO 640

Nikon D3x, 16-35mm f/4, 1/160 @ f/8, ISO 250

Leica S2, 35mm Summarit f/3.5, 1/3000 @ f/8, ISO 320

Leica S2, 120mm Apo-Macro-Summarit-S, 1/1000 @ f/8, ISO 320

Nikon D3, 24-70mm f/2.8, 1/1250 @ f/6.3, ISO 800

Comments

[Rajan Parrikar]

The last image of the penguin diving is brilliant, not only for the timing but also for the overall exposure. I hope you got sharp focus on that one at 100% size.