King Penguin Profile

[Jay Gould]

Our last day at S. Georgia Is. we had a taste of the King Penguins. We were supposed to go to a KP colony - the largest in Antarctica; unfortunately, the weather decided otherwise!

The little lines through out the bkgrnd are caused by the rain :cool: .

Others to follow ;)

Camera: 5D2
Capture date/time: 10 Jan 10; 8am
Light condition: cloudy and raining
Lens: 70-200 f/4
Focal length: 280mm
Distance: 4.5m
Extender: 1.4
Tube: none
Flash/Comp: no;
ISO: 200
Exp Prog: A\Tv
Speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/6.3
Exp Comp: 0
Metering: Evaluative
WB: Auto
AF Drive: AI Servo
Tripod: yes
Filter: None
Crop: None
Processed in LR 3 (beta) and then CS4 - plus Topaz Suite and Pixel Genius Sharpening.
All C&Cs gratefully appreciated!

[Deborah Hanson]

Colors and detail are really nice - especially for conditions. I think the only thing I would do is a tighter crop - some off the top (beak pointing to corner maybe) and more off the right side.
The eye draws you in.

Deb

[Randy Stout]

Jay:

A striking image, with most unexpected background for a penguin. I really like the flowing, repeating lines in the background. It would have been interesting if you could have taken a step to your left to place the bird completely against the background on the right.

I find myself wanting to see more of the body.

I think Deb's crop idea would work.

either way, I would be tempted to tone down the highlights in the left lower corner.

This is pretty darn neat.

thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good sharpness and the BG makes it special. I would put the bird further to the right in the frame or go for a vertical crop. I agree on toning down highlights, would desaturate the yellows a bit and there seems to be a color cast.