Given to fly ............

[Andreas Liedmann]

yes !!! but only underwater , that`s what i thought when i saw this guy flapping his wings /flippers lying flat on the sand .
Funny behavior shot i think.
I am not 100 % happy with BKG , tried different variations was not happy with one . so leave it as is in the original .

Canon EOS 1D MK III
Ef 500 IS L
Tripod

F 5,6 ; Iso 400 ; 1/ 800 sec
Full frame

Processed with DPP and PS CC

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous thread

Cheers Andreas

[Marina Scarr]

This image is just awesome and brought a big smile to my face! It's unique. It looks as though it's practicing its swimming on land. I am good with the BG since it clearly depicts snow. Love the color palette here.

[Mike Poole]

I love this one Andreas, great fun shot with a top notch pose and the usual high techs

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great song!! Title goes well with the image too.... The pose is just awesome. Techs and processing perfect. I love the colour of the ground too as it ties in nicely with the overall image. I too sometimes digitally mess around with aspects of an image only to return to its original form after all...

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Another great image, Andreas. The BG is fine IMO. The colors are simply beautiful and love the story captured so well.




Geoffrey

[gail bisson]

Fun shot and love that pose.
I can see why you tried to alter the BG. I do find the strip of snow a bit distracting but not a deal breaker.
I would clone out the specular highlights under the penguins' right wing and soften the diagonal double white line that is running parallel to the right wing
TFS
Gail

[Simon Wantling]

Super shot with fantastic detail. Great composition.

[Richard Flack]

Awesome behaviour captured Andreas. Super colours and great pose. As you say the BG is not awesome but it does not detract from the image IMO and the rest of the image is super. TFS

[Tom van den Brandt]

Nice pose BG is difficult here I think, hard to change it. But even though I like the image!

Cheers, Tom

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose and excellent IQ.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Awesome low angle, pose and detail/clarity Andreas. I didn't even really notice the BG until you mentioned it

[shane shacaluga]

Agree with the comments above, this is a great image in unusual behaviour

Looks like he was at surf school!!

[Shawn Zierman]

Very engaging! I like and appreciate the low angle approach and the fact that the bill is not merging with the bird's right wing...perfect. I hope you are referring to Pearl Jam's song....I'll love the image even more :)

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks thanks to all of you for your kind comments to my image .

Yes the title is stolen , from my beloved band ............. Pearl Jam .

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the low angle, IQ, details, pose and setting. A fun image to view Andreas.

[Shawn Zierman]

Awesome Andreas! Glad it's a PJ reference...I'll be rockin hard to PJ live on 10/19/14 (st paul, MN).....Your image here might make cool inspiration for poster art if they ever play the South Pole.... :)