Penquin Yawn

[Stu Bowie]

Ive just returned from a 3 week holiday in Cape Town, and was glad to have good weather most of the time, with a lot of different subjects. Here is a Penquin taken in an area called boulders beach, a suburb of Cape Town along the coastline. I had just walked into the area and found this fellow really enjoying a good yawn. The BG was quite far back, thus already OOF. Taken late afternoon.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300mm F/2.8
1/3200
F/10
ISO 640

Manual exposure.

[Satish Ranadive]

Stuart Sir,
Love the magnificent details in whites and blacks in beautiful lights.
Beautiful details in mouth, colors and composition. I like the pink pigment around the eye.

Regards,
Satish.

[Aidan Briggs]

Hey stuart, love the yawning pose and sharpness. You did great with the exposure. Perfect DOF as well. It seems funny to see a penguin not against a snow or ocean bg

well done!

[christopher galeski]

Good start to the New Year,sharp with great detail,like the BG,nice yawning pose.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent pose, IQ & composition. I like the perfect exposure & nice BG.

[Enrique Patino]

Great close up detail of this beautiful bird. TFS

[Stu Bowie]

It seems funny to see a penguin not against a snow or ocean bg



Thanks Aidan. Dont worry, I have plenty against a surf BG, and coming out of the surf. I had a ball that afternoon.:w3

Thank you everyone else for your feedback.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great job with the exposure and details. The yawning pose is perfect with an excellent view of the serrations inside the mouth. F/10 was perfect selection. If you have a bit more below I'd consider adding a touch to have more of the tiny bit of black plumage at bottom right.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the exposure, details, sharpness, BG and composition. Excellent image Stuart!

[keith mitchell]

Stuart It's been covered very well above, that yawning pose makes it for me.

Keith.

[Holger Leyrer]

Wonderful Close up. Perfect exposure and many details in the Image. Well done :S3:

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Stu - Welcome back! Love the excellent details, pose, two rows of visible teeth and creamy bokeh. Looking forward to seeing more.

TFS,
Rachel

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot STu, the bill is fascinating, you can actually see how the two mandible interlock, exposure is perfectomondo it looks to me as though he is still keeping his eye on you despite the yawn - a real gem!

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Always appreciated.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Welcome back Stu. Perfect exposure and incredible details all over. Unique pose along with perfect eye contact. I'd add a bit more to the bottom if you have it. Looking forward to more!

[David Salem]

Welcome back Stuart. Glad you finally got some good weather on a trip :) Nice closeup of this guy and the feather detail and exposure looks great. Look forward to more from your trip.