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Calling For The Dead

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Posted by Duncan Armour on September 24, 2009 at 3:01 PM
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
Posted by Tim Munsey on September 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Extraordinary, tells a story, gives a sense of scale, like it loads.

Tim
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM
What an excellent, captivating and evocative image :toast:

Whites look fine this end too...
Posted by Frederic Desmette on September 25, 2009 at 3:11 AM
Cracking picture indeed!
Frederic
Posted by Barry Southon on September 25, 2009 at 3:46 AM
Duncan

Andy summed it up, very well caught thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 25, 2009 at 5:10 AM
An impressive story telling image, it really does seem as if he is calling the dead, well done! :wavey:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on September 25, 2009 at 7:53 AM
Now that really is a powerful image - great work :toast:
Posted by Marcus Conway on September 25, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Fantastic context. Only wish I could hear the little chap too :toast:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on September 25, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Spooky! - Brilliant!
Phil :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Lovely shot and an interesting tale :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on September 25, 2009 at 5:31 PM
A strong message within this image for me,very well seen and thought out image,great action captured IMO :wink: :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on September 26, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Reminds me of the FOE Save the Whale marches round Wigan in the early 1970s which I participated in. :smile: Excellent image.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 27, 2009 at 6:11 PM
A very sad but thought provoking image Duncan.
Posted by PhilH on September 28, 2009 at 8:55 AM
What Andy said..... great image....

:toast: :wavey: :toast: