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Jim Budrakey
{K:24393} 1/1/2008
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Tim,
Thank you for the detailed information. I tried to post a longer reply but got an error from Usefilm
Jim
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Jim Budrakey
{K:24393} 1/1/2008
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Tim,
Thank you for the detailed information. I recently did some digital darkroom work for a friend who led a tour to Antarctica (not a photo tour) and the unexpected beauty caught my eye. I know that there was a recent PhotoMentor tour there but I have heard less than wonderful reviews of the PhotoMentor tours (by participants - too many students, not enough instruction). I must compliment you on your pictures - they are excellent. Thanks again for the info.
Jim
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 12/31/2007
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To continue Jim,
I also took a laptop as did my girlfriend Debbie. This was really needed and other photographers had wished they had brought theirs they said. I was shooting close to 12 gigs of images per day and needed big storage and a screen to sift through the bad ones. we brought several extra peripheral hard drives for separate storage and back up. Sounds like a lot but hey if something went wrong you would be kicking yourself for not having some back up stuff. The last trip to Patagonia I had a mishap that just about wrecked the trip photographically and i resolved that i would be better prepared next time. Even though i managed to take my lens and camera body apart and fix it that time in the field. I was lucky. It got soaked from a water bottle opening up in the pack where my camera was. The camera and lens had more water in it then the bottle!!
If you go, you won't regret it. I would go back in a instant!
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 12/31/2007
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Hi Jim,
This was not a photo tour, with a large diversity of types of people and interests. I pretty much had the cameras glued to my face...ha-ha...I took to D80 bodies and two lens. The Nikon 18-200mm VR and the wide angle Nikon 12-24mm. This gave me a well rounded selection and a extra body in case I had a camera foul up (and I did). Also i would not have to change lens. Things happened fast there, so I had both cameras around my neck and used them both alternately as the situation changed....
Others have asked similar questions and I will just copy my answers to them here for you to read:
As to the Antarctic trip, I would highly recommend this ship the Polar Star over many others doing similar adventures for a few reasons ( we talked to people in the know prior to booking).
1 more actual landings per day
2 better accommodations
3 laid back crew with a good feeling aboard
4 max 100 people aboard
5 a real ice breaker
6 smaller in size and can get to places others do not safely
7 fabulous food, real chef. Good for doing all the outings, some are hiking to the summit of peaks.
8 lots of discussions daily on what the history of the place is and tons of info on the local fauna, films included.
9 open access to bridge 95% of the time
10 full wrap around deck with railings on 3 levels. Really needed for super photo ops. Many of the other ships are fully enclosed and tinted salty glass.
11 lots of Zodiacs for shore access....20 or more.
We got a deal from some group that canceled, so we got 20% off. It seems not uncommon. We also went for the 11 day trip over the longer one and found that to be a good thing. This expedition is so intense with 24 hour sun or near full sun and so much to do that we were seriously wasted by the time we were heading back across the Drake passage a week later. I took over 60-70 gigs photo wise. The camera was glued to my face knowing that i will not like see this again. Although now that we have done it, I would go back in a heart beat. I think I slept for a week it seemed like afterwards. We were not alone many others seemed to be just overwhelmed with this experience as well. Our trip was the one from Dec.9th to Dec. 19th 2007. Prior to going to Antarctica we went to Chile, Torres del Paine Nat. Park for a week. Also a super place to explore. wish we were there longer. Maybe next time. All told we were gone for close to a month.
Here is the website for the Polar Star:
http://www.polarcruises.com/ship.cfm?ship_id=14
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 12/31/2007
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More great scenery from the "Bottom of the World", Tim!
Dave.
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Jim Budrakey
{K:24393} 12/31/2007
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I've been wandering through your Antarctica shots and they are really terrific. Did you go on a photo tour or just a regular one? If it was a photo tour, which one was it? I'd really like to go there to shoot. Nice work.
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Dan Gheban
{K:3787} 12/31/2007
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Superb image, Tim! Congratulation! Great opportunity to travel in such area!
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Rick Smith
{K:5490} 12/31/2007
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Very fine composition and super reflection conveys the cold big time.
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 12/31/2007
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excellent work Tim
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 12/30/2007
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Hi AJ,
didn't do much here except a bit of levels to enhance the contrast and drama
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 12/30/2007
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There's a wonderful sense of depth here. And it's a shot where I agree with cranking up the colour saturation (here we go again...) But I love the way the rich blue contrasts with what is otherwise a naturally B&W image. A fabulous icescape.
AJ
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