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The penguins come first on the Marwell Zoo trail and they come first on my list of favourites. You can see them on land or in the water. Next time I go back to use my annual pass Ray bought me I'm going to spend ages with them.

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[Judith]

Lovely capture.

[Hazel A]

Lots of detail in your shot Hazel. I'm sure you will make use of your annual pass.

[What's for dessert?]

Lovely composition and shot!

[Anita Russell]

Hello me Penguin. Fab

[Anita Russell]

Meant to say Mr!

[Penelope Ann]

What fun! Lovely closeup shot

[Karen B.]

Perfect detail & dominating stance as though he were going to deliver a sermon.

[Julie Duncan]

Handsome fellow! (Are you studying German, you polyglot, you?) ;)

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a delightful chap --he sure is finding something to laugh at !!

[Graham Thresher]

A great capture. Fav

[Vega]

love, love the earthy colors and textures - FAV

[Dawn Ulmer]

Amazing detail and textures.

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[gracefulloser]

I love penguins, happy to see them on my newsfeed today. :-) So cute!

[Hazel]

@juliedduncan

Sort of! I did German A-level many moons ago and now I belong to a German group - just thought I'd take the opportunity to learn a bit of new vocab, prompted by the fact that Marie, who suggested 'animal-month', is German.

[Rachel]

Love the framing as I thought it was a wild one. I like how you finished this, to emphasise the texture of the feathers :-)

[CINDY JOHNSON]

wow such an wonderful shot

[Hazel]

@tryingforsighs

Thank you, Rachel - the finishing was a tiny bit of Picasa HDR.

[Pat Knowles]

I love penguins, such a cute walk they have! So much detail Hazel!

[Steve]

cute

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture Hazel, nice textures and colours

[Anja]

Lovdly capture!

[Pyrrhula]

`` I'm going to spend ages with them.`` ? Don`t, you may get Ray jealousy. I`ll if Ina do. Although I do like them too. They are so funny.

[Claire]

He looks as though he is in full conversation, wonderful close up

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Lonely shot of this magnificent creature.

[Ivan]

Wow, doesn't he stand out! Amazing photo.

[Karin Hirsch]

Outstanding shot Hazel

[Faye Turner]

Great shot!

[Nita]

He is beautiful, wonderful color on the beak, I didn't know they had color at all.

[Ross Walker]

Who would have thought you could pull texture like this out a penguin? Cool.

[Catherine W.]

Hello my fine feather friend!

[Hazel]

@rvwalker

With a bit of Picasa - I still think I have to apologise for post-processing - other than a crop that is!

[wendy frost]

Beautiful detailed shot

[Ross Walker]

@quietpurplehaze LOL. I feel the same way, Hazel. With the exception of minor exposure adjustments, crops, and B&W conversions, I don't play with my photos much. SoI feel guilty if I try a "creative" approach. I understand completely.

[Hazel]

@rvwalker

That's reassuring - I thought I was almost the only one with that viewpoint!!!

[Lindsay]

I love the finishing on this too, lovely to see this penguin!

[Michelle]

So cool! Great shot, love the detail!

[Chris]

We always spend the most time with them too - at the beginning of the visit and again at the end.

[Boxplayer]

Beautiful creature.