About the Image(s)

We visited the Falklands in February for our 2nd time (last was 2023) and nearly didn’t as the off-shore wind was right on the borderline of being OK for the small tender boats. Volunteer Point rarely disappoints. The Kings colony is growing well, now reaching 4,000 and is/was free of the dreaded Avian Flu. The Gentoo colony - much smaller isn’t growing and has been affected (not seriously) by the flu and were roped off. We went via a boot-bath.

I was mostly looking for babies, but I also kept my eye roving for wider scenes with much orange. This ‘chap’ caught my eye and grabbed a shot while he reached tall - perhaps he was on Point Duty.

Settings using my Olympus gear at 400mm (so 800FF) 1/1,000 f6.3 ISO 200.

PP in Lightroom using masks only, including using one as a sort of vignette with negative Clarity to push the attention to the main subject. I cropped down to a point that left a ring of inward facing beaks.