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Travelogues => Travel Diaries => Topic started by: Anthony on January 09, 2016, 13:51:35

Title: Gentoos in the white
Post by: Anthony on January 09, 2016, 13:51:35

Gentoo penguins returning from fishing.

Title: Re: Gentoos in the white
Post by: Thomas G on January 09, 2016, 14:08:00

This made me smile. Great take.
Obviously they are acting in pairs: two guarding back (photographer, you are observed!), two cleaning themselves, 2 are swnowbathing, and 2 are ahead pioniering in front...
The washed out whites suit the scene, thus there are no details distracting from the Gentoos.

Title: Re: Gentoos in the white
Post by: BW on January 09, 2016, 14:15:30

Very nice! High key heaven :)

Title: Re: Gentoos in the white
Post by: Jakov Minić on January 09, 2016, 14:52:35

Anthony this is beautiful. I really like the effect of the blown out snow. It's as if they are floating!

Title: Re: Gentoos in the white
Post by: armando_m on January 09, 2016, 17:36:37

Beautiful shot !

Title: Re: Gentoos in the white
Post by: Gary on January 09, 2016, 17:47:23

.... And they're off.  Great stuff!

Title: Re: Gentoos in the white
Post by: Anthony on January 10, 2016, 01:24:12

Thomas, BW, Jakov, Armando, Gary, thank you for your comments.

It was an overcast day, so I decided to try something different.  I overexposed to reduce background detail (I knew the black of the birds would be OK) and lightened it still further with Levels. 

The penguins do seem to cooperate, although I doubt if they were breeding pairs.  Typically one stays on the nest while the other goes fishing.  Failure to protect the nest tends to result in the sort of dispute in my previous series.