It can get awfully windy on the beaches of the Falkland Islands. The repair bill on my cameras and lenses to remove all the sandy grit can attest to that. But babying my equipment is usually the last thing on my mind when out in the field. For this shot I was face down in all that prickly blowing sand to capture gentoo penguins as they fought their way back to the relative calm of their colony. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/7.1 at 1/2000th of a second.
I’d hate to be your underwear on a day like this. Because of all the sand getting all up in my business. Though honestly, I probably wouldn’t love being your underwear most other days of the year either. For a number of reasons.
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It can get awfully windy on the beaches of the Falkland Islands. The repair bill on my cameras and lenses to remove all the sandy grit can attest to that. But babying my equipment is usually the last thing on my mind when out in the field. For this shot I was face down in all that prickly blowing sand to capture gentoo penguins as they fought their way back to the relative calm of their colony. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/7.1 at 1/2000th of a second.
I’d hate to be your underwear on a day like this. Because of all the sand getting all up in my business. Though honestly, I probably wouldn’t love being your underwear most other days of the year either. For a number of reasons.
Reading the title “penguins in the sand storm” makes me want to play charades.
great pic. )I like this pic. hope you take good care of cameras, they are veruy costly to repair and use,