African Penguin (South Africa)

[Dorian Anderson]

I've given you full-body and environmental images of penguins in the last week, so may as well round it out with a close-cropped portrait.

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II on EOS R5
1/2000 at f/7.1, ISO 800
Processed in LR CC. Cloned a few bright bits on the darker feathers. And a bit of grass hanging off the beak.

[kevin Hice]

Wonderful shot Dorian nothing to add. Been enjoying your penguin photos. Some really nice light.TFS

[Randy Stout]

Dorian:

Nice detail and texture, soft light. Looks like a studio shot with the uniform background. I am surprised you were able to take backgrounds with you on your travels!

Randy

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dorian .... glad to see you had the chance to shoot a portrait , if not at Boulders , i would ask where then ???
Looks very nice as presented with a good head turn and the comp is top notch . Detail, shharpness and tones well procressed . Man that eye is killer
Just wish for the color grading of the two other penguin you have posted ....

TFS Andreas

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely top notch well done.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Dorian, I echo all the positive comments. Really nice portrait, really interesting to see this bird close up. Thank you for sharing.