A chinstrap penguin and chick. The penguins instinctively gather stones and anything else they can find to build makeshift nests, here a bone possibly from a less fortunate chick.
Canon 40d, 70-200mm f4L IS +1.4TC, ISO200, f7.1, 1/400s
An excellent behavioural / portrait image. Exposure handled well. Lovely shot. Might be a tad tight in the frame for some but to me the subject cries out for a tight shot. In fact I think this could even be cropped a bit further by taking off a bit more from the top and from the left of the image in order to concentrate the eye more onto the centre of attention which is obviously nthe chick and the parents head. Nice one.
Robert
Posted by Paul Inglis on October 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Good story telling image! Well exposed!
Posted by jack chapman on October 3, 2009 at 12:56 PM
well captured and an interesting story to the image, certainly an ugly looking chick though
Posted by Barry Southon on October 4, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Deborah
You've captured a very interesting moment very well, I like the parents close observation which is demonstarted.
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6 repliesCanon 40d, 70-200mm f4L IS +1.4TC, ISO200, f7.1, 1/400s
Robert
You've captured a very interesting moment very well, I like the parents close observation which is demonstarted.
Fran