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The Greeting Committee of One!
Emperor Penguin/the first head portrait!
This image was created on Day 1 — October 24, 2018 — of the recently concluded Emperor Penguins of Snow Hill Island expedition via icebreaker. While seated on the snow and ice, I used the hand held Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR lens (at 400mm) with my back-up Nikon D850. ISO 800. Matrix metering plus about 1 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/8 in Manual mode. Auto 1 WB on a cloudy-bright morning. One AF point up from the center AF point/Single/Shutter button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure. I kept my 80-400 rig on my shoulder via an RS-7 Curve Breathe Strap so that it was instantly accessible when I was working with the tripod-mounted 500 PF.
Focus peaking AF Fine-tune: +5. See the Nikon AF Fine-tune e-Guide here.
To learn about my first up-close encounter with an Emperor Penguin or to see what I had to say about the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR lens check out the blog post here.
As for the image, don't be shy; all comments are welcome and appreciated.
with love, artie