17th November 2015. Salisbury Plain, South Georgia.
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(Map of journey . . . . . . . . . . (2 and 14 (there should be a 15). Salisbury Plain)).
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Here we are, back on the beach at Salisbury Plain, in our last landing on South Georgia. An ever-obliging group of king penguins wanders by.
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Penguin portrait.
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Fur seal.
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Elephant seals.
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Small squad in military formation.
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King penguin “porpoising”.
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A couple of king penguins just thrown up on shore by a wave, though the wave has receded.
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Eye to eye.
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Yellow beak.
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Magenta beak.
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Fresh out of the water.
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Looking at the world in a different way.
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Two’s company.
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Fur seal.
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A penguin contortionist.
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Gotta get that itch…
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Making the crossing…
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Elephant seal pup.
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At last, a pillow!
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Snowy sheathbills trying to break into my dry bag under the misapprehension that there might be something to eat in there.
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So, there it is, the end of the journey to South Georgia. I’ll do some South Georgia monochromes in a while and after that will come Atacama and the the Caribbean. But first, I’m off to Tasmania next week for over a month. More details of that in the next post….
Murray Foote 
It’s a stunning location. Wonderful collection of photos, you’ve captured the wildlife so beautifully.
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Thanks so much!
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Great shots. Beautiful birds, penguins.
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Thank you!
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Another group of fantastic photos. Where to next?
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Thanks you Robert. Atacama is next in this series but in the present I’ve just been to Lamington National Park in Queensland and then off to Tasmania next Saturday. Three posts coming up in the next week.
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Fantastic photos !!
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Thank you Adelle!
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Wow Murray, more extraordinary compositions, I particularly love the fur seal shot! Looks like you mostly had great lighting.
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Thanks very much CS! I don’t specifically remember the lighting but from the first and last shots it looks like somewhat diffuse lighting with high cloud which would have been ideal for the portrait shots.
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Do you know of what is the significance of the difference between the yellow and magenta beaks? Is it sex, or sexual maturity? Or just like hair color in humans?
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Likely part of sexual display. I found an article about it here: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/not-bad-science/king-penguins-like-one-another-s-beaks/
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Wow awesome – thank you!
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