He Went That A Way!

[Linda Dulak]

Adelie penguin photographed on one of the Fish Islands in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica. I liked the pose which seemed like someone directing the way or pointing to the tourist that crossed the line of approach. I love the Adelies, one of the little guys in the penguin world.

D7000, 28-300 @ 300, f10, 1/2000, ISO 800
Slight crop, levels, S/H, some removal of dust spots, sharpening.

Linda

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

sweet shot. exposure looks good and I like how the blue sky pulls out the blue eye color

[Karl Egressy]

beautiful portrait, funny caption.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent image, Linda. Love the pose, the exposure and your caption.

[stuart wanuck]

fairy tale like nice

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the title, pose, sharpness and composition. Well done Linda!

[Grace Scalzo]

Delightful. Almost childlike in its simplicity and cuteness. Thanks for sharing this one.

[gail bisson]

The thumbnail doesn't do this image justice.
Brought a smile to my face for its "sweetness' factor.
Love the pose and excellent exposure.
I like the comp you chose.
A very fine image,
Gail

[Linda Dulak]

Thanks everyone. This is almost full frame. It's the image I saw and I was close enough to get this little one from chest up. As most of you know, you are restricted in how close you can get to the penguins. I wanted to photograph this guy because he was nicely posed against a "clean" background and then he started to flap his wings ending with just the one flapping. The head tilt was a bonus.

While on the trip one of the biologists had a talk about penguins and how they have been used in toys, advertising, print, movies, etc. Their cuteness factor comes out in all sorts of ways.

Linda