Saturday, January 19, 2013

Penguin

Penguin Awareness Day



Dog Blog Post #937



Photography Assignment



The boys broke out the November 2012 issue of National Geographic to give their pal Penguin a chance to see his brethren in the wild.

You see, January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day (who knew?) and what better place to read all about them than in the fine…

Our Daily Challenge - Jan 19, 2013 - "Literature"

… of National Geographic.

Alas, little did we all know until just before the shoot began, as I flipping through the pages to pick the perfect one, that this was an article of stunning pictures, and only a handful of actual...

Daily Dog Challenge "446. Words"

Too late to change the course of the shoot, I did manage to find this lovely shot of penguin in midair, and if you all break out your magnifying glasses, you will indeed see some (admittedly very small) words in the upper left corner.

Zachary's quick thinking saved the day with the idea to add the WORDS to the image itself. :)

Penguin Trivia: Penguins are the fast swimming and deepest diving birds, and can reach speeds of 20 mph (32 kph.)

From: birding.about.com/od/birdprofiles/a/penguinfacts.htm


Editor's Note: That darned blue background gives me fits every time I try to use it. Once again, it came out too dark.

Honest, it doesn't look nearly that dark in person!


I'd say the camera was trying to tone down the bright white, thus making the background even darker, except Zachary is clearly Zachary colored.

Arg!

That's what I get for feeling rather good about yesterday's Popcorn shots. :)


Also Rans...

Loved Henry's expression in the shot below, but Penguin came out just a bit blurrier than seemed appropriate for Penguin Awareness Day, plus everybody's gaze shot your eyes right off the right side of the picture.

Yet another thing to look out for that I should add to my list.

After I make my list.

Guess I should finish that Editorial Calendar after all.

Penguin Awareness Day



Penguin Awareness Day


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3 comments:

houndstooth said...

Those shots are so darned cute! I love them, and I have penguin envy!

Sage said...

I really like the blue background. It's a good contrast to everything else in your shot (yes, Zachary, you too!).

Bongo said...

Those are some great shots. Even the one with the penguin reading the magazine.