Penguins - Melbourne Zoo • Travis Hale (Photography and Science)

What is not to love about the Penguins, on the day I visited it was stinking hot so i must admit I did have a think about jumping in with them. Apparentally that is somewhat frowned upon, and being a good member of society I decided that I should not swim with the Penguins.

Since they were not moving too quickly, I could capture images using my Tamron 150-600mm lense at a shutter speed that was just enough to prevent motion blur.

Equipment Used:

As with all of my images, I use Nikon gear. This is not because I think Nikon is better than Canon but just because it is what I got started with and wanted to maintain lens compatibility. The images were captured / edited with the following gear;