AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
KING PENGUIN SLEEPING
Towards the end of a long day in flat light, I came across a king penguin asleep. I saw the potential for a tightly cropped portrait, in which the bird's white plumage is barely distinguishable from the white sand beach beyond. The emphasis of this image is on the colour and pattern of the penguin's head and neck, which take on an almost abstract quality.
F/11, 1/500th second, ISO 800
Accepted: Port Talbot 2017, Western Counties 2017*
