Under the Ice
Penguins may seem awkward on land, but they are incredibly fast and agile swimmers! It was amazing watching them zipping around me like little torpedoes. These are gentoo penguins and they dive to 600 feet to feed. We had a very special outing where a bunch of gentoo penguins were swimming around the sea ice. I had a tough decision to make – do I try to get some nice action shots of them porpoising through the air or do I try to capture them underwater? I decided to take the underwater approach and was very happy when I caught a line of them swimming under the ice!
Under the Ice
Penguins may seem awkward on land, but they are incredibly fast and agile swimmers! It was amazing watching them zipping around me like little torpedoes. These are gentoo penguins and they dive to 600 feet to feed. We had a very special outing where a bunch of gentoo penguins were swimming around the sea ice. I had a tough decision to make – do I try to get some nice action shots of them porpoising through the air or do I try to capture them underwater? I decided to take the underwater approach and was very happy when I caught a line of them swimming under the ice!