Calling For The Dead

Whereever you go in Antarctica there are remanents of the whaling industry. Sometimes just a vertebrae in the sand, in other places the whole mechanics of slaughter. This image was taken at Jougla Point, not far from where Jacques Cousteau reassembled a whale skeleton on the beach. I was standing in the (rather cold) sea when a gentoo penguin decided to perform an ecstatic display, normally associated with mating or establishing a territory. But there were no other penguins in the immediate vicinity so the sentimental title feels appropriate to me.

Canon 40D, 1/250, f14, ISO200, 28-135mm @90mm

P.S. there's nothing blown in the original but it may have lost some detail in the whites during JPG compression

Extraordinary, tells a story, gives a sense of scale, like it loads.

Tim

What an excellent, captivating and evocative image

Whites look fine this end too...

Cracking picture indeed!
Frederic

Duncan

Andy summed it up, very well caught thanks for sharing.

An impressive story telling image, it really does seem as if he is calling the dead, well done!

Now that really is a powerful image - great work

Fantastic context. Only wish I could hear the little chap too

Spooky! - Brilliant!
Phil

Lovely shot and an interesting tale

A strong message within this image for me,very well seen and thought out image,great action captured IMO

Reminds me of the FOE Save the Whale marches round Wigan in the early 1970s which I participated in. Excellent image.

A very sad but thought provoking image Duncan.

What Andy said..... great image....