{"product_id":"penguins-nesting-on-the-antarctic-rocky-landscape","title":"Antarctic Penguins on Rocky Snow Covered Ridge Colour Landscape Photography","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSmall Nesting Birds Along Exposed Rock Above Open Snow\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe penguins are small details along the top of the rocky ridge. Around them, snow spreads across the foreground and rises into a smooth slope on the right. I photographed this Antarctic nesting landscape in 2011, and I like the way the birds become part of a much broader view. The image invites you to notice the land first, then discover the small figures settled along its exposed edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rocks create a broken band through the middle of the composition. Nearer outcrops have distinct cracks and angled surfaces, while the higher ridge carries warmer brown tones. These variations stand against the pale snow and grey sky. I find the restrained colour especially pleasing: a little warmth in the rock, a cool tint in the distant snow, and very few strong colours competing for attention. The foreground remains open, giving the rougher middle ground room to stand out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat interests me here is the scale of the nesting birds within their surroundings. The penguins do not need to fill the frame to give the landscape life. Their dark shapes punctuate the ridge and reward a closer look after the larger forms have established the scene. For a wall, this photograph offers a light, spacious Antarctic landscape with wildlife held within it. I see its appeal in the balance of snow and stone, and in that gradual discovery of the birds. The close rock texture and the smooth rising slope give two different ways to read the same quiet view.\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":40739318530127,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10 × 24 inches (25.4 × 61.0 cm)","offer_id":40965152538703,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/9685\/2047\/files\/Antarctic-Penguins-on-Rocky-Snow-Covered-Ridge-Colour-Landscape-Photography-1.jpg?v=1791422375","url":"https:\/\/dinkosmayer.com\/products\/penguins-nesting-on-the-antarctic-rocky-landscape","provider":"Dan Kosmayer Fine Art Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}