Of the five species of penguin that I photographed in the Falklands, perhaps my favorite were the rockhoppers. These feisty little penguins were constantly bickering amongst themselves (and occasionally the front of my fisheye lens). They seemed to pick the most inhospitable locations for their colonies, usually at the top of vertical cliff walls — which they would proceed to somehow journey down to the sea to fish, hopping from rock to rock, before returning via the same, seemingly impossible route. Nikon D800 with Sigma 15mm fisheye lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second
I love your work and look forward to seeing your post nightly. This pic is awesome….angry little guy, and the one behind it looks like a grumpy old man.
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Of the five species of penguin that I photographed in the Falklands, perhaps my favorite were the rockhoppers. These feisty little penguins were constantly bickering amongst themselves (and occasionally the front of my fisheye lens). They seemed to pick the most inhospitable locations for their colonies, usually at the top of vertical cliff walls — which they would proceed to somehow journey down to the sea to fish, hopping from rock to rock, before returning via the same, seemingly impossible route.
So very emotive – Wow!
I love your work and look forward to seeing your post nightly. This pic is awesome….angry little guy, and the one behind it looks like a grumpy old man.
great pic,looks like belong in the zoo,.
Feathers spike eyes glow red —-An angry hub for this rocky wheel —- Sharp cries in the wind .
Well, that certainly gave me a chuckle early this morning!
My “rockhopper” is rusty, but I believe he’s saying the conversation is private.
Wow. Very cool pic. Keep them coming!
Rockhoppers are rockstars!
Anyone else thinking Vincent Gardenia?
I can see that (although I had to google Vincent Gardenia).
ah! this is great!!!
One of the best. Made my day. Feisty!
Oh man. I absolutely love this one Crane.
It’s the penguin version of Wolverine.
Nice work Sean!!
My heart skipped a beat when I opened this one, haha. Unexpected and lovely!
Too funny! What an amazing bird.