Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 7, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Here a King Penguin inspects one such group: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3476.jpg.html > > Usually, their inactivity is marred only by a leisurely scratch on a > particularly itchy bit of moulting skin: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3568.jpg.html > > They let you get quite close to them, just looking curiously back at you > with those limpid eyes: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3648.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3781.jpg.html > > Some pray on the waters edge (-: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3714.jpg.html > > But these are juveniles, and the testosterone flow is strong, and > periodically they test their strength with each other, in training to > become Beachmasters when they grow up, as well as decide the pecking order > within a group. They joust on land: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3455.jpg.html > > At waters edge: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3532.jpg.html > > They come in all shapes, sizes and colours: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3872.jpg.html > > The standard move is to rear back, mouths agape: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3890.jpg.html > > Then lunge and thud into each other: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3921.jpg.html > > Frequently ending in a boxer's clinch: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3850.jpg.html > > They are so preoccupied, you can get in close, on foot, reasonably safely: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3962.jpg.html > > Closer: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_4016.jpg.html > > And closer still: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140113_3937.jpg.html just wonder filled Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist