I was in the Falklands at the time that the young king penguins were going through their molt, dropping their brown fluffy baby feathers to reveal the adult plumage beneath. This poor guy looked particularly scruffy as his head was in full transition. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 330mm) ISO 800, f/8 at 1/500th of a second
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I was in the Falklands at the time that the young king penguins were going through their molt, dropping their brown fluffy baby feathers to reveal the adult plumage beneath. This poor guy looked particularly scruffy as his head was in full transition.
Lovely scruffy!
Nature’s equivalent to acne!
—– Once comfy divan
—– Becomes mysteriously
—– Hunter aquatic.
Humans go through a similar phase.
We call it adolescence,