Morning preeing session, Half Moon Island Route 1, Antarctica. Wildlife photograph by Anais Arangath, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, May 2024

Finalist Wildlife · May 2024

Morning preeing session

I visited the Chinstrap penguin colony at Halfmoon Island in Antarctica early in the morning in January. I was observing and recording nesting behaviour of the penguins, colonies can be very loud and crowded but straying away from them you find penguins doing their own thing, having a break from their chicks, this one was enjoying a good preening session while being effortlessly photogenic.