King Penguin colony, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Canon 5D Mark III, 24-105mm f/4L IS, 1/100 @ f/14, ISO 100
The wildlife density found on South Georgia Island is mind-bending and not easily or adequately portrayed in a picture. On a ridge overlooking this long beach, the king penguin rookery was filled with birds and raucous noises.
The different colors, notably the brown stripes in the crowd of birds are the young chicks sporting a dense and fluffy layer of down, and they are standing nearby the water sources which define the shapes.
Our ship, the M/V Orteleus sits offshore in the blue waters. On my previous visit to this location three years ago, the snow and wind picked up ferociously and required us to leave the beach as soon as possible and return to the ship early. This sunny and rather calm day was quite a contrast.
did you mean King penguins rather than Kind? I know your penchant for accuracy…love that this day was so different than your last visit…hope you are well Patrick!
Sue,
You are so right, it should have been king. Thanks for being my spell checker. All is well in the north and wishing you the same in the south.
What a beautiful day it seems you had (though a few white puffies would have been even better I assume). Very different than that first visit that I remember so well (dead calm at 6 a.m., evacuating 4 hours later). On my second visit it rained the entire time and the camera remained in the dry bag the whole day. A real bummer, but it was remedied with a fabulous day at St. Andrews Bay. 🙂
Truly lovely.
Thanks for the posts and photos from your trip…I will definitely need to add Antarctica to my wish list.