Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli

[Ian Wilson]

Endemic to Macquarie Is in the Australian sub-Antarctic. I had an easy day at the beach, no arduous walks or climbing. I was able to take a full kit, including flash, which I needed as it was a dull overcast day.
Canon 5DIII + 300 mm f/2.8L II + 2x III extender, 600EX-RT flash with Better Beamer, Gitzo 3532LS, Kirkphoto King Cobra gimbal.
Manual, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO 100, 1/8 flash power.
Processed in DPP: crop, adjust WB, shad/h'lights, saturation, USM, RAW-TIFF. PS Elements: soften oof penguin on right, TIFF-JPEG, USM.

[Marina Scarr]

This is really an impressive portrait, Ian. The flash looks like natural light, The details are awesome. I might consider moving the bird a tad closer to the left side of the frame.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow, so much clarity and with a nice head shot! I have to say that you achieved some nice details and with great head angle. I would stay with the 3:2 ratio.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Great shot, so clear it almost looks unreal! Well seperated from the BG. Nicely done!

[Binu John]

Wow! stunning portrait, Ian! You nailed it! The sharpness, colors, HA......everything came out good! Very well done!

[Andy Shepherd]

Can't fault it, Ian...this is an excellent piece of photography. Flash terrifies me, I have a small 430EX flash gun and I have never used it, but after seeing this I think I might just give it a go.

[christopher galeski]

nice portrait,detail and sharpness magic,nice colors and BG.

[Enrique Patino]

Great Portrait. image of this handsome penguin

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very impressive portrait with nice details and tasteful colours. Excellent use of flash. I would add more room at right if you have it, but this is a delicious image...eye candy!!

[Lorant Voros]

Absolutely beautiful. I can't stop looking at this beauty. Agree with placing the bird more to the left or adding to the right. Congratulations.

[Ian Wilson]

Thanks everyone for your positive feedback on this one. The original image was taken in portrait orientation but I was not happy with the lower part. Seeing that I had nice IQ around the face, I cropped it to landscape from the right-hand edge of the original frame. Of course, it would be easy to extend the canvas to the right. Regards, Ian

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent portrait with nice HA, BG, sharpness and details. well done

[David Salem]

I like portraits and this one has allot to like. Nice job on the exposure and the colors and the feather detail is beautiful. Nice work.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

What a stunning portrait. Just gorgeous. Maybe a tad more room to the right, but that's a minor nit. Killer work Ian.

[Ian Wilson]

I have been away for the past week during which time Sidharth, David and Arash kindly left feedback on this image, thanks guys, much appreciated.
Regards, Ian