Photographer's Request for Critique
--Ryan Holliday
King Penguin Amidst Chicks
Any feedback is appreciated, thanks!
Critiques
Jan Brzeski , January 25, 2005; 04:23 A.M.
I like it a lot, I only dislike the bottom penguins that are out of focus.
Sarah Underhill 
, January 25, 2005; 06:20 A.M.
Salvatore Mele , January 25, 2005; 10:35 A.M.
The picture is for sure very original an it has a very strong "think different" message. I think might have some commercial value, in this respect.
I think it will greatly benefit from cropping part of the bottom penguins for two reasons. The first is that they are a bit out of focus, the second is that they have too much detail. The idea, to me, is to show just the details of the colorful one, so to concentrate even more the viewer on it.
Aivar Pärtel 
, January 25, 2005; 06:12 P.M.
Bob Kurt 
, January 25, 2005; 07:36 P.M.
Kay C 
, January 26, 2005; 02:12 A.M.
great capture. the adult one really stands out.
Mike Viezel , January 27, 2005; 12:02 P.M.
Great Art
Could you see this photo poster size framed on the wall. It would be striking! I agree though that if you crop the bottom 1/4 the mass of chicks will just be just that , a flock. As it is the one chick in the foreground seems to pop out at you, maybe becaus of the shadow on its breast or just that it seems to be isolated amongst the rest.
Jan Olof Härnström , January 27, 2005; 12:48 P.M.
Fabolous. (in this small size a tighter crop perhaps will make a diffrence, but in big size it is another matter, just refering to other comments) Kind regards.
Tomaso Nigris , February 17, 2005; 03:37 P.M.
7\7
Jana Vanourkova , December 26, 2006; 11:13 A.M.
wonderful image ! Happy New Year, Ryan, cheers Jana
Pavle Marjanovic , February 05, 2007; 04:01 A.M.
Lennart. K.V. Bardal. 
, February 05, 2007; 08:34 A.M.
Konstantin Yudintsev , February 05, 2007; 11:22 A.M.
Ales Koubik - Seattle, WA , February 08, 2007; 01:28 P.M.
Okay, I love penquins in general but this is a very nice NG quality image. Thanks for sharing.
Dragomir Vukovic , February 08, 2007; 08:18 P.M.
Jonathan Sylvestre , February 08, 2007; 08:44 P.M.
Very interesting photos with great scientific value. We can make many hypothesis by looking at this photo. I wonder if it have other adults near the one you isolated with your framing ?
Good photo !
Matej O. , October 20, 2007; 12:55 P.M.
7/7
Tommy Benton , October 20, 2007; 03:53 P.M.
ok..
The idea is great, but this looks too fake. The photgrapgher stated this was unmanipulated but I look at that the adult penguin and it seems to be illuminated from a different angle than the chicks. Also the chicks are the same size as the adult penguin. Maybe you could enlarge the adult penguin and darken him up a bit so it doesn't seem like it has it's own lighting source.
Ryan Holliday , October 21, 2007; 11:45 A.M.
there was no manipulation done
In reply to Tommy Benton, there was no manipulation done to any of the subjects in this photo - this photo is in no way fake, it is exactly as I saw it. The day was overcast and it was raining slightly, so there was no direct lighting source. As to the size, king penguin chicks (or oakum boys as they're sometimes called) are nearly the size of the adults before they molt and head to sea.
Sonia Mason 
, April 10, 2008; 02:14 P.M.
The babysitter
Wow. Thats an overwhelming situation! Wonderful composition. I love it. Never mind the suspitions of photoshop. This is a perfect, natural, artwork and I think it's brilliant. Thanks for sharing Ryan
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