Gulf of Fethiye

Dawn, looking from Kucuk Sarsala towards Gocek, on the north end of the Gulf of Fethiye, Turkey. Fethiye is on the south west coast of Turkey and very popular for sailing. Fethiye Marina can be seen here. The rising sun made the hills surrounding the bay a gentle shade of blue. I've always liked the shots of layers of hills and colours and here was my attempt. I think the silhouette of the tree gives it a oriental landscape feel as well, though the swing hanging off it doesn't help.

I think this was taken off the bow of our yacht but the sea, as you can see was very calm which But I still had to worry about the boat's motion when taking this photo. However, as the sun was quite bright I could push the shutter speed up and still have a decent aperture.

1/250s at f/14 99 mm ISO 160

Neumayer Channel

The Neumayer Channel, 65°S 63°W, is 16 miles long and about 1.5 miles wide on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Wiki link here. It separates Anvers Island from Wiencke and Doumer Island, part of the Palmer Archipelago. This photo was taken at 2300 local time, with sunset that evening at 2350. To me, with the wildlife, these were the types of scenes that I had come to see.

The ripples in the water were created by our boat moving slowly through the channel, I think partly so we would enjoy the view and also to push carefully through the sea ice. There was little wind so it was cold outside but not really cold if you had most of your gear on.

A larger version of this photo has been uploaded here and can be found in colour at PSC. It will also be found shortly framed in an art gallery in Fulham. I hope there will be some punters...

Handheld 1/40 at f/10, ISO 100 and circular polarizer

Tabular icebergs and sea ice

Very moody photo that was taken as our boat was entering the Drake Passage on the return to Ushuaia; the southern most city in the world on the tip of South America. It's a two day crossing at this point and can be pretty uncomfortable as this is the Southern Ocean.

These tabular icebergs are formed when ice fractures off an iceshelf and floats away and can be immense. The sea ice around the icebergs are formed when smaller icebergs calve off the larger one, the shockwave from the ice falling into the sea pushes smaller ice fragments out into a ring.

I like this from the stormy feel of the clouds.

24mm ISO 200 1/40 f/14

Just joined redbubble and some of my antarctica landscapes are there feedback welcome on my images!

Berber and camel, Erg Chebbi, Sahara Desert

This was taken in the Moroccan Sahara, in Erg Chebbi, the morning after the Camel Shadows photo. I got up at dawn, around 0600, and the desert was pretty cold. My aim was to climb up this massive dune near our camp but after getting up about three quareters of the way up it was too steep and I kept slipping down. The dawn was OK (clouds came in of course) but before the light got too intense I saw this man and camel walking in the distance to the south, an excellent reference to the scale of the dunes.

Sahara Desert

A different desert: taken on a camel in Erg Chebbi, Morocco. Erg Chebbi is in East Morocco and is the main example of large dunes in the Saharan Morocco. Camel Shadows taken at sunset, handheld on a walking camel 1/100 s f/16.

Starting Image

Recently uploaded to Photoshelter. Photo of the Neumayer Channel, Antarctic Peninsula at sunset, take about 2300 local time, sunset was 2350 that night. The ship was moving slowly creating little distburance in the water.