While I was away in Wales at the Mach Loop this image won the club’s Portfolio competition. This is a member’s competition when the members ‘judge’ the submitted issues and add their own often jokey comments. There is a cup for the winner and a bottle of wine for the best comment.
Comments on the image
NO LEAVE IT THERE, THERE MAYBE A NIKON UP HERE WE CAN HAVE
I WOULD HAVE IT IF IT WAS A NIKON OR SONY
THAT ONE’S NOT WORTH MUCH ON EBAY
BRILLIANT SHOT AND TITLE THEY MIGHT HAVE … NICKED IT IF IT WAS A NIKON
NOT A NICK-ON
LAUGHED OUT LOUD, BUT DIDN’T YOU KNOW …..PENGUINS ONLY GO FOR NIKONS
IF I NICK IT, I DON’T KNOW HOW TO USE IT
I WOULD IF IT WAS A NIKON
I WON’T BOTHER, IT’S A CANON
ONWARD MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
GO ON, I DARE YOU TO MOON
PERFECT CAPTION, LOVELY WORK
IMAGE ON THE CAMERA BACK IS GREAT!
MR AND MRS PENGUIN THOUGHT THEY’D TEST THE TIMER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT SELFIES WERE ALL ABOUT
LOVE THIS ONE – DO WE HAVE PENGUINS IN LIVERPOOL?
I TOLD YOU, I WANTED A MIRRORLESS CAMERA THIS YEAR
WELL, I THINK THAT’S THE TASTIEST SNAPPER I’VE EVER EATEN
NO. IT’S JUST A CANON, I ONLY NICK NICKONS
NAH, IT’S A CANNON NOT A NIKON
RUDDY PAPARAZZI, JUST CAN’T GO ANYWHERE
NAH! IT’S A CANNON NOT A NIKON
IF THAT WAS A NIKON I’D HAVE PINCHED IT
I PREFER A NIKON
DID YOU SWITCH ON THE SELF TIMER
THEY MUST BE NIKON FANS
IF ANYONE CAN … YOU CAN
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH TOLD US THIS WOULD HAPPEN … .JUST DONT TURN AROUND
The result
The image came first with 260 marks.
The original image
This image came from our landing on South Georgia at Stromness. This had been one of the whaling stations on the island and was now abandoned. It was too dangerous to visit the buildings due to asbestos hazards so we had to remain on the beach while some of our fellow passengers walked walked inland to Shackleton Falls.
One of our fellow passengers wanted to video these two penguins and to take pictures of the gentoos and seals. He compromised by placing his second camera on the rocky beach before dashing off. I tried to get a picture at the back of his camera but decided the camera and the penguins were the shot. The penguins were not as cooperative initially though!
Stromness, South Georgia March 2017
For my other images from our afternoon at Stromness on South Georgia please have a look at my travel blog.
Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands : Stromness, South Georgia on Day 12