Gentoo Penguin and chick

[W T Lloyd]

I'll be posting a few penguin photos, results of a trip made this January.

Canon 1D3 w/ 400mm f/4.0DO w/ 2EX

800mm ISO 200 1/500 @ f/11 - no flash used, it could have used some as I took the lights up a fair bit in processing in LightRoom...

[Philip Pietri]

I would have liked to see more of the mature bird as it would (IMHO) have captured the tender moment in a more fulfilling way. I love the detail in the chicks fuzzy feathers and the eye looks fabulous! Can't wait to see more shots from your adventure.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely and sharp and the BG works well to show off the colours of the beaks. I agree with Philip that seeing more of the adult would have been nice. I would probably have used ISO 400-800 to gain a bit more flexibility with shutter speed and enable some + EC - I assume your histogram was well to the left if you needed to open up significantly in LR

[diegopiacenza]

Great moment captured. Shows the tenderness between a little and their parents.

I would have liked to see the entire head of the adult, and that bothers me a little of the white area of his head attached to the edge of the photo.

I think a very good picture.

Congratulations.

[W T Lloyd]

Here's the original - histogram was pretty decent, actually....

[Juan Aragonés]

Fantastic timing and great tender moment. I think that th eimage would be much better with the complete adult´s head. The eye details is superb.