While photographing the king penguins, a few of them were away from the  colony, isolated against the snow covered mountain. I got down on my belly to photograph them at eye level. I was admiring their beauty, and  feeling so connected to them. The snow and wind would come and go as I waited for them to do something interesting.

As the snow lightened up, they got less huddled together. Then they all lined up and each one was doing something different! I was excited to see each in their own pose.
It gave me a smile and I took the shot. After nearly a couple of hours  of being with them, I knew this was the image I had been waiting for.

Jennifer Wu is a leading nature and landscape photographer specializing in photographing the night sky. She is the co-author and photographer of the book, Photography Night Sky: A Field Guide to Shooting After Dark (2014, Mountaineers Books). Jennifer was named in 2009 by Canon USA to the elite group of photographers, The Explorers of Light.

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