Gentoo penguin chick at dusk

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Posted by Javier Martin on July 4, 2006 at 1:23 PM

Another one from my trip to Falklands last December.

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Posted by John MacTavish on July 4, 2006 at 1:36 PM

Mmm a penguin in lights

Love the lighting here.

John

Posted by Rene de Heer on July 4, 2006 at 2:09 PM

Cool image taken with a lot of imagination!
Rene de Heer

Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 4, 2006 at 2:12 PM

Thinking outside the box-nice one

Posted by Tim Munsey on July 4, 2006 at 2:54 PM

Tim

Posted by David Taylor on July 4, 2006 at 5:00 PM

Different and imaginative, expertly done.

Posted by Alan Bryant on July 4, 2006 at 5:15 PM

Well thats different

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Well exposed on the front aswell, normaly you just see a black blob

Looks like he's eaten his "Ready Brek" (if you know what i mean, if you have seen the old TV advert

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Posted by PhilH on July 5, 2006 at 3:33 AM

Simple and extremely well executed, really like it.

Posted by Mark sellings on July 5, 2006 at 3:43 AM

beautiful lighting and great exposure - maybe just a bit tight in the frame for me. Like the highlighted midge things as well.

Mark

Posted by David Kjaer on July 5, 2006 at 5:11 AM

Very different and very nice!

David

Posted by John Gardner on July 5, 2006 at 3:59 PM

Excellent shot Javier. No wonder his legs are wide apart, look at the size of his gonads

John

Posted by Nick on July 5, 2006 at 5:18 PM

Thought Nuclear reactors where banned down there

A very nice shot Javier

(ps Spend a lot of time sexing Penguins do you John?

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Posted by Paula Graham on July 5, 2006 at 5:34 PM

Just gorgeous and very different, I love it

Posted by Helge Sorensen on July 6, 2006 at 2:56 AM

Very creative shot, Javier - I like it more and more for everytime I look at it