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    Image #1: Emperor Penguin chick resting on snow

    I was recently blessed to spend three days at the Snow Hill Island, Antarctica Emperor Penguin colony (after a long and arduous journey that included a long red-eye flight, crossing the Drake Passage in an icebreaker, flying six miles in a helicopter, and then walking 3.7 miles round trip over the sea ice to and from the colony). For the full story on the journey, see the Home From the Sea Ice. The First Emperor. And Did We Make it to the Exalted Penguin Colony by Icebreaker and Helicopter? blog post here. To learn more about the trip and see a composite of my keepers, see the Bucket List Sea Ice Expedition: Beyond Success ... blog post here.

    This image was created on October 26, 2018 on the recently concluded Emperor Penguins of Snow Hill Island expedition via icebreaker. I used the hand held (while seated) Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens (at 400mm) with my back-upNikon D850 DSLR Camera. ISO 400. Matrix metering plus about 1 2/3 stops: 1/2000 sec. at f/8 in Manual mode. AUTO 1 WB on a cloudy-bright morning. Five AF points up from the center AF point/Single/Shutter button AF as originally framed was active at the moment of exposure. The selected AF point was on the chick’s neck just in front of and well below the eye. I kept my 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.

    Please see the image in the pane below and let us know which you think is the stronger image and why.

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    Last edited by Arthur Morris; 11-05-2018 at 11:11 AM.
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