D7000 w/28-200mm lens @ 300mm, hand held
ISO 800; f/9.0, 1/1,250 sec; MM -0.33
Standard CS6 adjustments plus Nik Tonal Contrast
Here's what you do when you are an Adelie penguin at Bongrain Point, Porqouis Pas Island, Antarctica. And you're hot!

D7000 w/28-200mm lens @ 300mm, hand held
ISO 800; f/9.0, 1/1,250 sec; MM -0.33
Standard CS6 adjustments plus Nik Tonal Contrast
Here's what you do when you are an Adelie penguin at Bongrain Point, Porqouis Pas Island, Antarctica. And you're hot!
Nice! The pieces of ice serve well to balance the scene into a clever composition!
I have looked at this image several times and even taken it into PS. I keep feeling that it should be blowing me away, but something isn't working for me. I think maybe there are too many elements if that makes sense, esp environmental elements. I tried a few different crops that I felt helped. Wonder if you were able to take any images from a lower angle.

Hi Marina.
On Antarctic trips there are prescribed limits beyond which you cannot stray. Thus, I could not approach closer to the water and had to shoot down from a slope. It may be that you find the colored foreground elements distracting. I've looked at it as a possible monochrome; that is an alternative. But my preference is to show the birds in their natural environment.