{"product_id":"antarctic-panorama-with-nesting-gentoo-penguins","title":"Antarctic Gentoo Penguin Colony and Distant Mountains Colour Landscape Photography","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSmall Nesting Birds Across Rocky Ground Between Snow and Peaks\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gentoo penguins appear as small figures among the exposed rocks, set within a much larger Antarctic landscape. Snow covers the ground around their nesting area, and a line of dark mountain faces stretches across the distance. I photographed this scene during an Antarctic expedition in 2011, keeping the wider setting because it gives the colony a clear place within the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI like how the foreground and background offer different scales of detail. Near rocks interrupt the open snow, while the colony occupies rougher ground farther back. Beyond it, the mountains make a long, broken edge beneath the pale sky. Muted brown stone and cool blue touches in the distant ice add subtle colour to an otherwise light scene. The composition gives the eye several routes through the landscape: across the snowy foreground, into the nesting area and then toward the peaks. The birds become more noticeable as you spend time with that middle distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor me, the image brings together landscape and wildlife without losing the character of either. The mountains supply scale, the snow supplies space, and the small penguins give the rocky ground a living presence. On a wall, I see it offering an expansive view with detail held within it. It would appeal to an interest in Antarctica, penguins in their surroundings or pale landscapes where the finer subject emerges gradually. What I return to is the relationship between the clustered birds and the open setting around them, all held in a restrained natural palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e© Dan Kosmayer, 2011\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Kosmayer Photography","offers":[{"title":"8 × 20 inches (20.3 × 50.8 cm)","offer_id":40739328589903,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 × 24 inches (25.4 × 61.0 cm)","offer_id":40965122490447,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/9685\/2047\/files\/Antarctic-Gentoo-Penguin-Colony-and-Distant-Mountains-Colour-Landscape-Photography-1b.jpg?v=1791406673","url":"https:\/\/dinkosmayer.com\/products\/antarctic-panorama-with-nesting-gentoo-penguins","provider":"Dan Kosmayer Fine Art Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}