About the Image(s)

The Yalour Islands are located east of the Argentine Islands in Penola Strait. They were discovered and named by Charcot’s French Antarctic Expedition of 1903-5. The low-lying islands are scattered over a distance of 2.4 km (1.5 mi) and are home to over 8,000 breeding pairs of Ad?©lie penguins, spread among 13 colonies. Grounded icebergs are also common in this region along with humpback whales.

I just got back from Antartica and to say it is an amazing place to photograph is an understatement. The landscape is incredible, the wildlife abundant and sleeping…is forced.

This image was shot at 100mm, 1/2500th at f/8, ISO 500. Most of my shot were at 500 ISO and set a higher shutter priority given we were shooting on zodiacs or the ship a bunch. I forgot to lower this to get a better depth of field, but still like the results.

I wanted to capture the beautiful mountains, glaciers, icebergs and the penguins. The Ad?©lie penguins were my favorite of the main three we saw on this trip, they were so expressive with their movements. The Ad?©lie’s were nesting and sitting on two eggs each on the rock in the mid-ground.