Lone penguin on iceberg, Antarctica Peninsula. Canon 5D Mark III, 100-400mm f/5.6L IS, (370mm), 1/250 sec @ f/8, ISO 200
This image invokes the great expanse of ocean wilderness and the solitude of a lone penguin, preening itself on a floating iceberg. Antarctica, because of it’s great remoteness and unique and extreme environment is a true wilderness. Moving through it’s waters on an the deck of an icebreaker is one continuous amphitheater experience. With a few lenses and camera bodies, the photographic options are many. I used the 100-400 often in situations like this for its great compositional flexibility with the zoom range of the lens.
scale, Patrick! always being brave dropping that looooong lense to tell the story. thank you. LOVE this one!
so glad to hear you are still out there somewhere … worried you might be one of 3 in plane accident recently.
Hi Sue, still here, enjoying the -45 below in Fairbanks today!!!
I love these type of shots. Shows just how expansive Antarctica is, and just how small the inhabitants are and, by implication, we are as well. Also looks like you had some great ice on the trip.
As for your -45 below, I thought Alaska was having a bit of a warm streak recently, at least according to something I heard on the radio (admittedly I have not been checking the weather in your part of the world, and maybe that was a while back). Antarctica must have been a sauna by comparison. 🙂
P.S. Hi Sue.
Beautiful shot Patrick, hope that little penguin isn’t all alone. WOW -45 I sure hope it warms a bit by March.
Ohhh, to have been there with you.