• i love how you captured the sleekness and the slenderness of this beautiful bird. - Toni Cheese
  • I love this detail! - criggchef
  • While it's a beautiful photo, it's so sad that this is the only iceberg in the photo, just proving what global warming is doing. If it wasn't there, it looks like it could be a beach! - ohmyvogue
  • i loved antarctica - minhtien_cuchi
  • omg i freaking love those eyes - The Acid Screen
  • AH please don't start with global warming! GREAT shot!!!! - rafi blake
  • I adore penguins so much! i just love how you captured this shot. It's just so wonderful! - thespiffypenguin
  • Penguins are Awesome!!!! so is this pic! lol - patrick29574

adelie penguin antarctica

Adelie penguins are the smallest of the penguins living on the Antarctica continent. They are about 28 inches (70 cm) tall and weigh about 8 to 9 lbs. (4 kilogram). Adelie penguins were named after the wife of a French explorer in the 1830s. These penguins nest and breed on the rocky, ice-free beaches in large colonies of ten thousands of birds. There are over 2.5 million breeding pairs living in the Antarctica region.
- from penguins around the world

Comments and faves

  1. dshearer, Amanda Clouse Photography, Jeff Kubina, elless, and 655 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. dshearer (78 months ago | reply)

    He's a winner!

  3. -oSCAR's pLACe- (78 months ago | reply)

    he is cute! great pic

  4. bulldog1 (78 months ago | reply)

    Prize winner!

  5. katiew (78 months ago | reply)

    ohhhh, now THIS is a cute penguin! i want to put him in my pocket :) love the shallow DoF.. and how he seems larger than the iceberg behind him!!

  6. dmviews (78 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful picture!

  7. dee_r (78 months ago | reply)

    Each time I see one of your penguin shots I think, this one is my favorite...then I see the next one...
    you are driving me to distraction!
    :-)

    I love this series...

  8. Andr01dsEscape (78 months ago | reply)

    This is awesome.

  9. Asecis (78 months ago | reply)

    Amzing.

  10. Coanri/Rita (78 months ago | reply)

    Great shot you should consider to add it to the Penguin Obsessed Pool :)

  11. Eggybird (78 months ago | reply)

    I love penguins-cool photo!!

  12. asterope* (78 months ago | reply)

    looks like hes anxiously waiting for his friends to come along...

  13. K S [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic!

  14. Dal Nunes (78 months ago | reply)

    Perfeita!

  15. SparkyLeigh (78 months ago | reply)

    I have loved these birds since I was a young child.

    My wish as a kid was to go there and just sit and be with the Adelie.

    This photo encapsulates that dream--my image os sitting there with that penguin--thank you~~

  16. www.trentonmichael.com (77 months ago | reply)

    boy you lucked out with getting that kind of pose from the penguin and such a beautiful turn out!

  17. PetWerewolf (73 months ago | reply)

    Would you please consider adding this (and other appropriate pics in your photostream) to our Penguins group?

  18. AniSR (67 months ago | reply)

    Yes, dear ...! I am just trying to .....

    Great capture!!!

  19. karohemd (66 months ago | reply)

    Nice shot. Where was this?

  20. karohemd (66 months ago | reply)

    Very funny.
    Could you be more specific? By the looks of it, it could be anywhere around the South Shetlands or the Peninsula.

  21. LaFée (64 months ago | reply)

    soooo lovely! =)

  22. mauzlover (63 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful photo!!
    (Seen in Penguins)

  23. Birdfreak.com (58 months ago | reply)

    This photo depicts birds as art; please join our group!!

    Come join us and post your bird photo at the Birds as Art Group

  24. liv.demers (55 months ago | reply)

    aw how majestic!

  25. samroksmysoksoff (55 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Penguin Lovers :), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    we'd love to have you as a member!

  26. p l a s t i k _ (53 months ago | reply)

    WWWWWOOOOOOOWWWW YEAAAAH!!! joJOJOJ ME FLIPA

  27. francisco___ (51 months ago | reply)

    Gorgeous, he looks like posing.

  28. chrispearson72 (51 months ago | reply)

    Superb Shot wish I'd had the chance to get down to Antarctica whilst I was at the Falklands your one lucky guy

  29. shoobalali (50 months ago | reply)

    ho wow
    that's significant shot!
    and this iceberg behind
    amazing!

  30. Rhodentette (49 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful! How come you got to go to Antarctica?

  31. hippydream [it's easy] (48 months ago | reply)

    stunning how you manage to capture this scene.

  32. Robert M Scott (48 months ago | reply)

    Excellent. Thank you for showing this photograph.

  33. JustABigGeek (48 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic capture. Wonderful DoF.

  34. mingocat (48 months ago | reply)

    Excellent photo!

  35. Kasper Andersson (48 months ago | reply)

    nice!

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  36. Mario J Photography (48 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful image. Thanks for sharing.

  37. busterboy1956 (48 months ago | reply)

    Beautiful very Beautiful

  38. cin♥ (48 months ago | reply)

    it's fantastic...

  39. Mundomatic (48 months ago | reply)

    Good shot.

  40. E - The cat attitude (48 months ago | reply)

    just wow. What a great shot

  41. TomStardust (48 months ago | reply)

    Incredible shot.

  42. Roger.The.Dodger (48 months ago | reply)

    Great shot, I love the sharpness and colours.

  43. gavinvz (48 months ago | reply)

    Really neat. Great shot.

  44. Kevin Steinhardt (48 months ago | reply)

    Awesome, in too many ways.

  45. Henry McLin (48 months ago | reply)

    Gorgeous composition.

  46. Shibbstarr (48 months ago | reply)

    woow , nice shot :D

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