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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-three: Impressions of the Galapagos – an extended photo-essay > The crab and the penguin, Santiago Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012
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02-JUL-2012

The crab and the penguin, Santiago Island, The Galapagos, Ecuador, 2012

The Galapagos Penguin is one of the smallest penguins in the world, about a foot long. Because it lives along the equator, it is the only penguin to be found in the northern hemisphere. There are only 1,400 of them, and because of the currents and slow breeding rates, they are now an endangered species. We often saw them staring at us from rocky shorelines during the course of our voyage, and several swam alongside of our snorkelers at times. However, my most expressive penguin image came when I found this penguin carefully watching a large Sally Lightfoot crab crawl to within inches of its pinkish beak. The penguin, relaxing on a cliffside, pays no heed as it slowly advances. I let the tension that fills the negative space between the brilliant red crab and the essentially monochromatic penguin tell the story here.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
1/400s f/5.3 at 166.0mm iso800 full exif

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