"Come on, darling, it's just a rock..."
A king penguin looks down and wonders what's lying on the beach: is it an egg to nest on or just a rock to step over? Another penguin is having a look, too, and they both have black and orange heads, white breasts with orange patches at the throat, grey backs and flippers and black feet. Shot with a Nikon D810 and an 80-400mm lens in St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia, in February 2016.
ISO 200, 135mm, f/5, 1/640, 2/3 EV
This image made it into the second round of the Natural History Museum's 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, won a Readers’ Choice award on ePHOTOzine, won a Judge’s Choice award in SINWP’s Bird Photography Competition, was Highly Commended in SINWP's Joys of Nature Photography Competition and won a Special Recognition award in LightSpaceTime’s Animals Art Exhibition. It was also ‘trending’ as one of the most popular photographs on National Geographic’s Your Shot on 20 June 2018 and was runner-up in the Guardian Readers’ travel photography competition.
“This portrait of a pair of king penguins is both funny – make up your own caption – and heart-warming, as well as perfectly executed.” Mick Ryan, judge
A king penguin looks down and wonders what's lying on the beach: is it an egg to nest on or just a rock to step over? Another penguin is having a look, too, and they both have black and orange heads, white breasts with orange patches at the throat, grey backs and flippers and black feet. Shot with a Nikon D810 and an 80-400mm lens in St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia, in February 2016.
ISO 200, 135mm, f/5, 1/640, 2/3 EV
This image made it into the second round of the Natural History Museum's 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, won a Readers’ Choice award on ePHOTOzine, won a Judge’s Choice award in SINWP’s Bird Photography Competition, was Highly Commended in SINWP's Joys of Nature Photography Competition and won a Special Recognition award in LightSpaceTime’s Animals Art Exhibition. It was also ‘trending’ as one of the most popular photographs on National Geographic’s Your Shot on 20 June 2018 and was runner-up in the Guardian Readers’ travel photography competition.
“This portrait of a pair of king penguins is both funny – make up your own caption – and heart-warming, as well as perfectly executed.” Mick Ryan, judge
A king penguin looks down and wonders what's lying on the beach: is it an egg to nest on or just a rock to step over? Another penguin is having a look, too, and they both have black and orange heads, white breasts with orange patches at the throat, grey backs and flippers and black feet. Shot with a Nikon D810 and an 80-400mm lens in St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia, in February 2016.
ISO 200, 135mm, f/5, 1/640, 2/3 EV
This image made it into the second round of the Natural History Museum's 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, won a Readers’ Choice award on ePHOTOzine, won a Judge’s Choice award in SINWP’s Bird Photography Competition, was Highly Commended in SINWP's Joys of Nature Photography Competition and won a Special Recognition award in LightSpaceTime’s Animals Art Exhibition. It was also ‘trending’ as one of the most popular photographs on National Geographic’s Your Shot on 20 June 2018 and was runner-up in the Guardian Readers’ travel photography competition.
“This portrait of a pair of king penguins is both funny – make up your own caption – and heart-warming, as well as perfectly executed.” Mick Ryan, judge
“Excellent image”
“Superb...”
“An adorable image, Nicholas. Such lovely animals you have captured so well.”
“Great shot”