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Baby Penguins
“Why am I Here” – South Georgia Island, Antarctica – Steve Shuey – Featured Photographer
Charlie’s Super Fantastic Photo Tip of the Day: Give the viewer’s eye a place to focus. It doesn’t have to be the center of the image. In fact, it is best if it isn’t. Today’s photo is a great example.
Help! http://photobotos.com has been overrun with penguins. We have had three penguin related post in the past month. I hope you are not tired of them. At least our Mom is happy. It is her favorite animal. I promise no more penguins for a while. However I am sure you will agree this is a great photo. Please read Steve’s excellent story below and the check out his equally excellent portfolio at http://500px.com/SteveShuey.
Enter Steve:
I took this photo at Gold Harbor on South Georgia Island (part of Antarctica) while on an expedition that spent 8 days at South Georgia Island and 4 days in the Falkland Islands. It was the trip of a lifetime and the best trip I’ve been on. Gold Harbor is famous for it’s beauty because mountains with hanging glaciers that come almost down to the beach. But it is most famous for the tremendous population of Penguins. During peak season there are upwards of 100,000 penguins, mostly Gentoo and King. During the time I was there, there were many thousands of “Oakum Boys”, which is what the King Penguin chicks are known as. The chicks tend to huddle together in groups called a Creche. Periodically an adult Penguin would walk through the group. I stopped near a creche of chicks and waited, hoping for that one adult to decide to walk through. After only a few minutes of waiting, one obliged and I was able to fire off a few shots before he got through to the other side. It really is quite a sight to see that many penguins around. It’s noisy as can be but the worst part is probably the smell. That many penguins make a lot of stink. One does get used to it after a while. The other cool sight at Gold Harbor is the massive Southern Elephant seals that are there. The males can get to 4,000 pounds and the size of a small SUV. You have to watch out for them as they are there to get the girl and when two males want the girl there can be trouble. You don’t want to be near a fight. I got in the way of a male moving faster than I thought and ended up dumping my whole camera bag on the sandy beach trying to get out of the way. The lesson learned was always zip up the bag when putting it down. I took the “Why Am I Here” photo with a Canon 5D using a 200mm F2.8 lens with a 1.4x teleconvertor. The iso was 125 and shutter speed was 1/1000th of a second at F4.
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pinning this too
How adorable is that!
Thanks for this fine photo!
I was lucky enough to be in Antarctic, but not South Georgia.
About South Georgia birdlife:
http://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/south-georgia-to-become-rat-free/
Love the humour of this post! Glad you enjoyed my post about Jubilee weekend.
Love the humour of this post! Thanks also for your like on my post about Jubilee weekend.
Outstanding, quite literally!
So cute! The title is hilarious! “Why am i here?”
Haha this is a brilliant photo!
WOW!! Amazing photo, love the contrasts!!
WOW!! Amazing shot, love the contrasts!
Love it!
Awesome!!!
Just lovely.
Great shot!
Excellent! Love the contrast.
Love it! The odd one out!
What an amazing shot!
Steve is my incredibly talented cousin! Way to go! Gorgeous pictures!!!!
How adorable!
Steve this is awesome…Thanks for sharing…Don and I can travel all over through your eyes….
Really a big thanks for posting this…never seen such sight!
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Love it, so cute! I am sharing it to Pinterest, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, WordPress…the usual round of sharing for me regarding your photos. I really looove them all! Keep it up!
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Nice for Mom/Dad to be the one that stands out for a change!!
Very cute.
How cute. What a stand out (literally) baby sitter!
Sue Bock
http://couragetoadventurecoaching.wordpress.com
Fantastic photo!
Thank you for feeding our penguin addiction! Please don’t stop…this wonderful picture should have the caption “It’s tough to be a single parent”. What a kindergarten full of baby pengins. So adorable, if stinky.
The baby sitter?
Unbelievable!!!
AMAZING! This needs a caption: Be The One To Stand Out In The Crowd.
This is a great shot. Thanks for sharing.
feeling unique
I love this….so adorable! I had to share on FB, Twitter, and Pin!
I love this shot and love penguins. Sharing through Facebook
Fuzz Ball Galore!
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Great photo, love it
How do you say “MOMMA!” in penguin?
Great Shot! Excellent example of prediction and patience.
Looks like this guy took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in a sea of furry baby penguins!
how adorable is that!
Love it!
This is without doubt the most stunning image i have ever seen
loved it
I wish to thank you in return for supporting and promoting photographers through your blog. I especially want to thank you for the way you have consistently visited and participated in my own blog, “I Shutter At The Thought!”
Keep the great shots coming.
what a crowd..great shot
fabulous! thanks for following me as well, many blessings to you and yours!
Bella imagen, es preciosa!!!!
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This is my kind of photograph and I have been using your Amazon link since I have one of their cards.
Thanks as always Susannah. And for everyone else check out a real life “Sex in the City” type perspective of New York City at http://athingirl.com/. She is an amazing writer who always brings a fresh perspective to city life.
Amazing shot!
Too darling – lovely image.
What a wonderful image….!!!! So creative and perfect.
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Great shot! Re posting to my blog ’cause it makes me smile:)
Nice shot!
Lovely shot.
SO delicious! I’m tweeting this and sharing to Fbk this minute! Great photo, thank you.
Thanks Lottie we really appreciate it.
Fantastic photo – been in Antarctic, but for I saw only grey “chicks” – they brown here, but it could be the lighting. Love Penguins – this penguin is the baby sitter for all those chicks. Fantastic set up. Thank you so much.
Out of words!!!! Great photo!