Gentoo Penguin chick - Favorites #8

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I like this one because of the implied sense of the recency of the hatching produced by the presence of the egg shell on the left. Click on the image to see a slightly larger version.

Gentoo Penguin, Grave Cove, Falklands, Nov. 29, 2018
Olympus E-MI Mark II camera, 300mm f/4 lens,
1/1000 sec at f4, ISO 500

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.