Gone to See Antarctica 2014/2015. Hurtigruten Christmas Voyage on the MS Fram. Day 10: Grytviken, South Georgia.
One year old King Penguin nearly completely molted to its adult feathers at a colony near Grytviken in South Georgia. Image taken with a Leica T camera and 18-56 mm lens (ISO 100, 56 mm, f/6.2, 1/160 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro 8, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014.
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3 thoughts on “One-Year Ago (25-December-2014) — South Georgia”
Is it a shade of blue? I have never seen this color on a penguin before. Aunt Mary
+Mary Sperley I should be black. It appears that Google "auto enhanced" the image when I uploaded it. I turned the enhancement off so it should be closer to real now.
Is it a shade of blue? I have never seen this color on a penguin before. Aunt Mary
+Mary Sperley I should be black. It appears that Google "auto enhanced" the image when I uploaded it. I turned the enhancement off so it should be closer to real now.
We have a molting hen who also is having a "bad hair day"!