King Penguin

[Nancy Bell]

Photographed on the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. With this image I wanted to show a bit of their land habitat. I saw them standing on snow, as here, also standing in mud and grass.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 400 f4 DO IS, 1/1250, f11, ISO 400.

All c & c most welcome.

[Nick Palmieri]

Maybe an atypical composition but I like it as presented, surely environmental. The head looks a little dark but I never saw one of these in real life so don't change anything on my opinion...Really cool image!

[John Cooper]

Nice to see this handsome penguin doing something Grace. Exposure for the whites well handled. I was tossing up whether the subject would be best on the left side seeing he is moving to the right; but I guess you wanted to include the long shadow which does add interest.

[dankearl]

I like the comp with the shadow.
I would like to see the eye better, maybe just lighten the head a bit?

[Shawn Zierman]

Great image as is. I enjoy the subject placement/pose and the shadow.
The shadow gave you a great leading line in the frame. Only suggestion
would have been to back up far enough to get the whole shadow in the
image if possible.....

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you all for looking and your comments. The head really is a bit darker than the rest of the body and I can't remember now why I did not include all of the shadow.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is a terrific image, Nancy. I love the unconventional comp, the pose and the overall design. I would include the entire shadow if possible.
Very neat!

[Raymond Lee]

Nice capture Nancy. The exposure is very good, I think the head is okay the way it is.