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Penguins of South Georgia

Postby stubbsy on Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:22 pm

Finally I have some penguin shots processed from my Antarctic trip last November. It's taken a while and I'm only about half way through, but below is a sample. There are heaps more in my gallery HERE

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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby aim54x on Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:28 pm

#1 and #2 are Nat Geo worthy!! i love the colours and and composition in both of these
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby tommyg on Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:17 am

aim54x wrote:#1 and #2 are Nat Geo worthy!! i love the colours and and composition in both of these

:agree: 3 and 4 would look good in another thread, but with the first 2 images they just don't cut it. That second one especially is absolutely brilliant!
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby Chica on Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:48 am

I love them all, especially #1 :-)
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby biggerry on Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:44 pm

tommyg wrote: aim54x wrote:#1 and #2 are Nat Geo worthy!! i love the colours and and composition in both of these


3 and 4 would look good in another thread, but with the first 2 images they just don't cut it. That second one especially is absolutely brilliant!


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as with any subject that is substantially smaller than ones self it is soo important to get down to their level. You have done this with the first two (or been far away enough) and as a result teh composition is perfect, the last two are not on par but I believe could have been improved with a lower POV.
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby radar on Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:36 pm

I love the second Peter, great composition, dof perfect. The others are great too but for me, the second is the standout.

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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby zafra52 on Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:15 pm

Excellent. I feel you the first picture would be
better with a crop leaving the first half penguin
and the second out.
They are excellent. I love the second one.
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby wendellt on Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:32 pm

this is an awesome set
especially the way you got the mountain in the background it really puts things in context

exactly how close are you allowed to get to these penguins i dont mean close enough to touch but close enough to get a real intimate shot with the 14-24mm

one day i want to get as close as i can

tell us about the migration of these penguins at south georgia
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby Big V on Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:13 pm

Sen friggen sational!!!!
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby DanielA on Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:37 pm

Fantastic shots!

From your gallery I really like your shot of the gang:
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby radar on Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:07 pm

Wendell,

wendellt wrote:exactly how close are you allowed to get to these penguins i dont mean close enough to touch but close enough to get a real intimate shot with the 14-24mm

We are allowed to get as close as 5m. However, the penguins don't know the rules, they come as close as they want, it is their place after-all. I had some peck at my boots, elbows, one even looking down the barrel of my 200-400 8) Certainly too close to focus that baby!

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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby aim54x on Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:11 pm

DanielA wrote:Fantastic shots!

From your gallery I really like your shot of the gang:


WOW that is a winner!
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby dviv on Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:13 pm

Love the 2nd - Great work Stubbsy!
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby Killakoala on Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:08 am

Now I know why they call it a parade of penguins. Great images peter.
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby surenj on Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:47 am

#1 is an absolute cracker!! :cheers: WOW.

These penguins seem to have interesting behaviour. Hope you didn't bump into the ones from Madagascar though. :wink:
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Penguins of South Georgia

Postby craig.rohse on Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:36 am

Very nice, Peter must have been an awesome trip. The second images is my favorite closely followed by the first.
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Re: Penguins of South Georgia

Postby Murray Foote on Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:33 pm

Yes, great images, especially the first two.
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