Conscientious

Perhaps my impressions are fanciful, but while viewing the slideshow I had the distinct feeling of icebergs as animals - specifically whales.

This feeling was especially pronounced with the photographs of single icebergs and is perhaps the result of a number of associations. To start, the single bergs called to mind images of whales breaching. Then there's their sheer size, not to mention presence - especially against the dark Antarctic waters. Also, many types of whales remain endangered; both ice shelves and icebergs are endangered as well, prey for global warming. Then there's something about the aloneness of those individual icebergs...

Like I said - fanciful.

I don't know if it's my browser (Camino), but this site has the most annoying image navigation I've ever experienced on the web. If I pause the play I can't resume it. The next and previous buttons disappear when I move my mouse towards them. And so forth. I think it could opens up a topic of discussion - which is how to prevent a site from intruding on the images it displays.

I think the images are powerful, but their impact is badly diluted by their presentation.

I find the images very engaging, and I lingered over them for quite some time.

Perhaps its because these are images of things few people ever get to see. I will admit that I've never seen an iceberg. I've seen photos and films.

The color of these objects is what I find so interesting. There is a curious "color texture" that I've seen before in images of the open sea near the poles, a very different texture than the sea near the equator.

I agree about the site navigation. Sometimes I think that Flash was a bad idea because of the ways it gets overused, as in this and other photographer's websites based on FotoLink.

But they are very engaging images, at least to me.

Thanks for the link. I intend to look at them again.