Pictorial Antonym - Social Distancing #2

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an·to·nym /ˈan(t)əˌnim/ noun - a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good ).

King Penguins, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island - Nov. 2018
Composite of 2 images
Olympus EM 1 Mark II camera with 300mm f/4 lens
1/100 sec at f/7.1, ISO 250

King Penguins, Gold Harbor, South Georgia Island - Nov. 2018
Olympus EM 1 Mark II camera with 40-150mm f/2.8 lens @ 115mm
1/1250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400

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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.