Dave Hartley

I received my Nikon D3 in early December after I returned from my November/December 2007 Antarctica trip. Wish I’d had it for the Emperor penguins and the following Falkland Islands trips but it didn’t ship till late November 2007 and of course I wasn’t in the country to pick it up! The good news was that I had it for my January trip to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. To say the camera is sensational is an understatement. The ISO handling, autofocus, rear LCD etc have really pushed the envelope. Typically when you travel to the Falklands and South Georgia you are constantly fighting poor light due to overcast skies. Obviously, this impacts shutter speed which is always worrying when shooting wildlife. The D3 allows me to shoot at ISO ranges that I wouldn’t have dreamed about before. The photo was taken with a storm brewing, overcast skies, rain, windy; in fact shortly afterwards we were all hurried back to the ship in case it got too rough for the zodiacs. The image was taken at ISO 3200 which gave me 1/250 @ f8. Although the Elephant seals look like they are just lying there, in fact they are constantly moving around due to the hierarchy and they are also always blowing their noses, hence the need for Kleenex.

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