the real deal

[John Chardine]

This was from a very snowy, late spring afternoon in Antarctica- Neko Harbour to be exact. The image nicely conveys my memory of this amazing day.

I cropped a little off right and bottom. Contrast was adjusted in Curves using Linear contrast preset. Whites were calibrated in LAB colour to A, B = ±0.

Hope you like it.

Canon EOS 50D, 70-200 f4 IS @ 200mm
capture date: Thursday, 10 December 2009, 3:30 PM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 400
shutter speed: 1/1600
aperture: f7.1
exposure bias: +0.7
metering: Pattern
flash: OFF

[Randy Stout]

John:

Strong feeling here of the environment this fellow has to survive in. Scary that this is a spring scene.

Well exposed and composed.

thanks for showing. Makes me feel less cold as I blow out my driveway!:)

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This really does not look a lot like spring. :) I like the wide crop and might increase the blacks and/or contrast a bit.

[Paul Lagasi]

John this is a keeper..you sure your not in Eastern USA...lolol....Are these guys sitting on nests already or just on their turf? Reminds me of Scouts and winter camping...Glad you left the snowflakes in at the top and horizontal crop showing environment...TFS

[Dan Busby]

Hey John - a good example of when it's good to back off and show more of the environment. Great snow action. Is there something wrong with the bird's left eye? - something doesn't look right there.

[Harshad Barve]

Awesome image showing life there in Antarctica
TFS

[John Chardine]

Nothing wrong with the eye Dan. Notice how they are angled downwards and you are seeing the eye at a funny angle, almost side-on.

[Stephen Stephen]

John great environmental image here. I'd love to get to Antarctica someday. Thanks for sharing.