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King Penguins - WC #782

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted April 9, 20171,966 views8 comments

Olympus E-3, 300mm f2.8, handheld from Zodiac raft
f11, 1/250, ISO250

Elsehul, South Georgia Island, 2010. It was too rough and there were too many testosterone-laced young male Southern Fur Seals, so we couldn't land. This line of King Penguins required a high f-stop but high shutter speed with the raft bounding around. On the E-3, ISO250 was about as high as you could push it. (The line is a courthship thing.)

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 9, 2017 at 9:44 PM

The collective poses are fun, Jim. Nice color and good job handheld.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on April 9, 2017 at 10:58 PM

Jim, there is always at least one non conformist in every crowd....... sad

Very nicely done from the bounding and bouncing raft. Nature sure gave the various penguin groups some of the nicest colors and overall generally clean appearances too. The 3 amigos all dressed up with hopefully somewhere to go...... enlightened

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 10, 2017 at 4:54 AM

Excellent to get them all in sharp focus, under those conditions!
Love the colours and detail.
Very fine work!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 10, 2017 at 10:42 AM

The line of penguins looks great, Jim. Their plumage is quite elegant and stands out very well against the plain colors in the background. I'm amazed at the sharpness on all three given the f-stop.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on April 11, 2017 at 6:22 PM

This is a really good depth of field effect because of the foreshortening; the Penguins seem really skinny from front to back. Nice colors, textures, head position, and contrast between the birds and their environment.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on April 21, 2017 at 12:52 AM

Penguins are such fun and interesting birds. The DOF is spot on here. You caught great poses with this lineup.

Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on April 21, 2017 at 6:40 PM

Congrats here Jim on this neat image being selected for the WP in this last weeks WC gallery. A very whimsical scene. I liked the fact that not everyone, or animal, travels to the beat of the same drum. In this case the end bird looking elsewhere.... sad

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 24, 2017 at 1:24 AM

Congrats on a great WP!
Love this image !
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments