Danco Island sunset, Antarctica. Canon 5D Mark III, 24-105mm f/4L IS, 1/250 @ f/11, ISO 100.
I took this photo from the top of Danco island, of a small island on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula, at approximately 9:45 p.m. Like Alaska in the summer time, Antarctica enjoys a lot of daylight. I did not visit this location on my last excursion to Antarctica, but when looking at this scene, in conjunction with the time of night, location of the sun, you can envision a whole lot of landscape opportunities in a future visit. Besides the obvious beautiful and other-worldly scene itself, the clouds are a key component of interest in this picture. I can fast forward an hour or so in my mind and imagine some pink light flooding the overhead sky. Maybe on the next trip.
I remember this wonderful night very well! It is fun to see what you came away with – you included a lot more of the great clouds then I did and I like it a lot!
Ron,
I’m so glad we trekked up that hill. Tough to shoot the golden hour at that time of year! I’ll be looking for your version.
Patrick,
You’re killing me. 🙂
I also recently looked at Ron’s blog and some of his posts and photos from the trip. Looks like I did miss a good one. Also interesting to see his take on the area vs. yours.
Thanks Mark! We had a great trip – it was nice the weather cooperated.
My version has a lot less sky – it is interesting to see our different visions for the same scene – I’ll have to adjust and post mine. Actually my favorite version from here has you and Hugh in the foreground taking photos.
Ron, I remember that one from the slide show. I liked it too!
it was beautiful, the super wide angle lens really helped in this case.