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Some Video from Way South

From last February 2007.

http://www.vimeo.com/821013

password = penguin

the disclaimer is at the bottom below the movie:

This is a very rough cut with little editing. A slow start north of the South Orkney Islands. There is some profanity, nudity with people drinking, lying, speaking frankly from the heart and people pulling your leg.... there are no titles but you'll get the idea. View at your own risk. Any resemblance of the characters to real life persons is purely coincidental. Argentina, Falklands, South Georgia Island, and Estancia Alicura will all be added in later edits. This is just to give everyone a taste of an experience of a lifetime. It was extraordinary.

I hope to finish this video before January 2009 as I continue to learn Final Cut Pro Studio.  This edit is just under 59 minutes.... down from 11 hrs.

This was shot on a Canon GL-2, and I'll be taking my Canon XH-A1 HD cam on the next trip in January 2009.

Enjoy. - Rusty

View to the South

One year ago this evening I returned from my month long trip to South America and Antarctica.  So while I was working on the long delayed video of the trip I did some frame grabs that were taken with the idea I would want them in the future.  That future arrived today.  The image is of my last glimpse of the Melchior Islands off the coast of the continent Antarctica as we headed north.  The fact that I could get this image at all was amazing to me.  As we left the passage between the islands clouds covered our departure.  However hours later, probably 25 miles away, the clouds had lifted and the bright sun peeked through under them.  The only camera I had in my hand for those few minutes was my Canon GL-2 video.  So maximum zoom, braced against a bulkhead of the rolling ship, I steadied for as many seconds as I could hold my breath.  A year and four frame grabs later, with a lot of help from Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Lightroom, and Genuine Fractals 5.0, I got a pretty good shot for the web.  Just not as good as one of my shipmates with his 500mm.

Icy Penmanship - PUBLISHED

A nice surprise, my short article for the new magazine EVERYWHERE was included.  If you hurry you can get a discount on the subscription until December 31st.  My article is the first past the table of contents, the one with the big white iceberg!  Pages 14 & 15, the full issue can be found here on their web site.

In for another swim

It's one of those things.  I can't get enough.  I committed today for another swim in the deep south.  This adventure is a long way off, and I anticipate planning extensively.  The last trip I did with just 10 days notice.  Only upon my return I thought of 1000 things I wish I had done.  Item #1: book early when you can.  I'll have some more updates on this as the departure gets closer.  I am in cabin 414.

One more iceberg

I revisited a few Antarctica photos today while teaching a friend about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Photoshop CS3.  I think I probably need to revisit more of them... I like this one.  It is now in the galleries.

Four large images in Flash "Zoomify" format

I have added four panoramas for viewing in the "Zoomify" format.  One is of the Lemaire Channel in Antarctica, my largest panorama, derived from 7 images (~20,000 x 3,000 pixels).  For me this was the most emotional and inspiring moment of the voyage in Antarctica, along with Drygalski Fjord on South Georgia Island.

The second is of a beautiful iceberg in the Scotia Sea (~12,000 x 3,000 pixels) derived from five images.

Third is of our last landing in Antarctica at Petermann Island.  You can see the sister ship to the PROFESSOR MULTANOVSKIY on the far right (~11,500 x 2,800 pixels).  This is made from 15 images in 3 sets, each creating an HDR image (high dynamic range).

And finally, a panorama of our landing at Neko Harbor, Antarctica later I will add an audio file to this one of the glacier in action (~12,700 x 3800 pixels).  Here you can see many of us scurrying about examining and being examined... by penguins.

Photography Travel Photos

Click here for ALL of the ANTARCTICA TRAVEL IMAGES and Video Clips

There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 of these.  These include my best shots (linked alone below), and lots of incidental "story telling" shots along the way.

If you are ONLY looking for the FINE ART PHOTOS, of which there are a bit less than 100, the link is at the bottom of the home page, and here:

Click here for ONLY the FINE ART ANTARCTICA images