African ( Jackass ) Penquin

[Stu Bowie]

There is an area along the coast of Cape Town where these penquins frequent. - Boulders beach. On this particular morning they werent very active, and I wanted to try and capture them against a surf BG, but it wasnt possible at the time.

Canon 1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1250
F/7.1
ISO 400

Exp Comp -0.33

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Super portrait, great exposure in whites and blacks, lovely detail and the HA is perfect! Well done Stu!

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent portrait with great details both in blacks & whites. TFS

[christopher galeski]

very nice portrait Stuart,sharp with good detail,nice exposure.

[Brian Steele-Drew]

Love the detailed texture in the bill and it's large watery eye, good defused BG

[vishaljadhav]

Nice image, i love the details on this one, the exposure is spot on

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent portrait with absolutely details in blacks and whites.Stuart Sir.
Beautiful composition and lights.
Love the eye.

Regards,
Satish.

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely portrait! love the sly look. excellent exposure & details. is Jackass their real name?

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful detail, great pose, excellent exposure. A handsome portrait. Keep trying for the surf BG.

[Shawn Zierman]

Beautiful portrait against a backgrond that has a very nice flow to it. Good light quality for a black and white feathered bird too. Exposure is perfect.
DOF on subject looks spot on. Did you post process any blur or softening using NR selectively on the background?

[Stu Bowie]

lovely portrait! love the sly look. excellent exposure & details. is Jackass their real name?

Thanks Girish. I slipped up. Jackass is the old name. Ive revised my title to the proper name of African Penquin.

[Stu Bowie]

Did you post process any blur or softening using NR selectively on the background?

Thanks Shawn. Yes, I blurred the BG as it was competing with the penquin. Obviously a sea/surf BG would have been ideal. :w3

Thank you everyone else for the feedback and comments.

[gail bisson]

This is really nice Stuart! Excellent IQ and I like the grassy BG. It provides a nice change,
Gail

[Troy Lim]

Superb details Stuart, why do you call it Jackass?

[David Salem]

Nice job on the exposure Stuart, perfect. Great detail in the dark and light. I like the pose and the feather detail is beautiful. Stands out nicely against the green BG. Well done!

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Stuart - excellent detail and exposure. I like it against the grass too. Having been to Boulders a few years ago I can imagine the difficulty of getting a shot against the sea. Are you still restricted to the walkways at Boulders? I understand you have a bit more freedom of movement at Betty's Bay but have not been there.

TFS,
Rachel

[Doug Brown]

Love the pose, excellent exposure, and sharpness. I'd consider cloning out the gray area of the BG and making it a little more uniform.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great exposure and detail Stuart