Chinstrap Penguin

[Brian Wong]

Chinstrap Penguin ... snoozing with a "security" wing out.

2 months ago, Half Moon Island, Antarctica.

Thank you for looking, and thank you for all the terrific help and suggestions!

EOS 40D, 70-200 f/2.8 IS @200mm, 1.4x TC.
1/1250, f/4.5, ISO 200, handheld, manual exposure.

[Alfred Forns]

Love this images Brian !!!! Excellent low angle and composition The different tonalities for the bg looks great Would work on the eye area and get more detail Can also suggest to tighten the image by cropping a little of the bottom One excellent image !!!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great low angle and composition,very clean image!

[Rich Ikerd]

Great vantage point Brian - very intimate. The head seems a little dark for me since I can't clearly see his eye (always a difficult thing when photographing blackhead birds).

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great opportunity you had. This is one of my dreams to go there. I like the composition and exposure control and agree that it would be great to see the eyes a bit better. I hope you have more images from this trip to share.

[Jan Wegener]

this is a wonderful shot, I agree with Axel, seeing at least one eye, would improve this on a lot..

[Maxis Gamez]

Gorgeous. Excellent composition, exposure and details.

[Grady Weed]

The dark eye aside, nice. Post more if you have them.