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@jamezr scream! Thud! (Porg fan girl Grumpymom faints)
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Zaft said:
How is everyone posting these images? I keep getting the image to large error.
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Are you trying to post iPhone photos saved in the new format? I have had to set all mine to save as jpegs. I’ve run into too many compatibility issues in various circumstances using the new Apple formats. If that’s not the issue I’m not sure what it might be.
 
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GrumpyMom said:
@jamezr scream! Thud! (Porg fan girl Grumpymom faints)
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Are you trying to post iPhone photos saved in the new format? I have had to set all mine to save as jpegs. I’ve run into too many compatibility issues in various circumstances using the new Apple formats. If that’s not the issue I’m not sure what it might be.
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The iPhone automatically shares as jpeg. The problem is that picture file sizes are getting bigger and bigger.
 
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A couple of pictures from my recent trip to Antarctica.

They are in heic format and it really looks grainy when I tried a bit of zoom with that king penguin. The non zoomed picture looks more normal.

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Btw that is a spinal vertebrae bone of a whale in front of the penguin, not a tree stump.
 
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Makayla said:
A couple of pictures from my recent trip to Antarctica.

They are in heic format and it really looks grainy when I tried a bit of zoom with that king penguin. The non zoomed picture looks more normal.

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Btw that is a spinal vertebrae bone of a whale in front of the penguin, not a tree stump.
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I'm curious as why you where in Antarctica. It's somewhere I always wanted to go. Did you stay with a small village?
 
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LIVEFRMNYC said:
I'm curious as why you where in Antarctica. It's somewhere I always wanted to go. Did you stay with a small village?
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There are many tour operators that offer this type of expedition trips. Big names include National Geographic, Quark, Hurtigruten, plus many many smaller ones; the selection can be a bit overwhelming. I use polarcruises.com or expeditiontrips.com to search for tours. The good news is, there are currently no "bad" Polar tour operators. Some are more luxurious than others but in terms of safety and operation they are all good.

Most tours are ship based, in which you stay on the ship and ship will make many landings in Antarctica and southern ocean islands where you can have hikings, camping, kayaking, snowshoeing, skiing excursions. And a few tours are land based in which the operator will fly you to Antarctica on a small charter plane and you stay in a camp. If you want to experience the actual South Pole (geographic pole) you have to choose a land based tour and a helicopter will then fly you from the camp to the pole, weather permitting.

As for this trip, I went on a tour offered by a small expedition ship operated by Quark that leaves from Argentina and goes to Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctica Peninsula and then back to Argentina. About 20 days on the ship, allow at least a couple of days of getting there (you don't want to cut it too close and risk missing the ship) and at least one day to return (I live in the US).

November was early season and ice was still heavy and wind strong so we only managed 18 landings. In optimal condition there could be up to 32 to 34 landings in a trip of similar length. However early season offers pristine icy sceneries and attract many wilderness landscape photographers while late season photographers focus more on wild life.

I am currently considering another trip next November on an icebreaker to go to Weddell sea to see emperor penguins. Emperor penguins have an unusual breeding season (only species that breeds during austral winter) and early season is the only time to go and an icebreaker is essential.
 
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Makayla said:
There are many tour operators that offer this type of expedition trips. Big names include National Geographic, Quark, Hurtigruten, plus many many smaller ones; the selection can be a bit overwhelming. I use polarcruises.com or expeditiontrips.com to search for tours. The good news is, there are currently no "bad" Polar tour operators. Some are more luxurious than others but in terms of safety and operation they are all good.

Most tours are ship based, in which you stay on the ship and ship will make many landings in Antarctica and southern ocean islands where you can have hikings, camping, kayaking, snowshoeing, skiing excursions. And a few tours are land based in which the operator will fly you to Antarctica on a small charter plane and you stay in a camp. If you want to experience the actual South Pole (geographic pole) you have to choose a land based tour and a helicopter will then fly you from the camp to the pole, weather permitting.

As for this trip, I went on a tour offered by a small expedition ship operated by Quark that leaves from Argentina and goes to Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctica Peninsula and then back to Argentina. About 20 days on the ship, allow at least a couple of days of getting there (you don't want to cut it too close and risk missing the ship) and at least one day to return (I live in the US).

November was early season and ice was still heavy and wind strong so we only managed 18 landings. In optimal condition there could be up to 32 to 34 landings in a trip of similar length. However early season offers pristine icy sceneries and attract many wilderness landscape photographers while late season photographers focus more on wild life.

I am currently considering another trip next November on an icebreaker to go to Weddell sea to see emperor penguins. Emperor penguins have an unusual breeding season (only species that breeds during austral winter) and early season is the only time to go and an icebreaker is essential.
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Thanks, I'm defiantly going to look into it.
 
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