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Lebensraum

2009.10.08



i love watching them... as if the creator couldnt decide where they should belong... pinguins are birds but with no wings to fly, they move clumsy, crippled on land, but when underwater, suddenly they seem to be at home, in their real element... sliding gracefully through water, possessing speed, power, elegance, confidence. I sometimes so much feel like that...
16 Comments
Carley Spectacular shots! I love to watch them swimming also
Carley · 2009-10-07: 15:01
principe Very good captures!
principe · 2009-10-07: 15:18
hannamagnusson So beautiful! Did you dive with them?
hannamagnusson · 2009-10-07: 15:47
livelovelaugh Wow! I am fascinated with penguins. These are awesome. I am a little jealous. :)))
livelovelaugh · 2009-10-07: 16:09
TIM927 yeah, they are amazing ! love the colours you got
TIM927 · 2009-10-07: 17:39
davids They are beautiful and I think of myself as lucky to have been able to see them in the wild in several countries.
davids · 2009-10-07: 17:43
tedbarlow Wonderful Monika :-)
tedbarlow · 2009-10-07: 17:49
DancingDolphin they remind me of bullets the way they can move so fast through the water!
DancingDolphin · 2009-10-07: 20:38
ciripbogar de szép színek! és milyen kecses mozdulatok!
ciripbogar · 2009-10-08: 00:47
slowpete great esp last one
slowpete · 2009-10-08: 01:09
lookagain Oh....fantastic! Beautiful bird and beautifully captured!!
lookagain · 2009-10-08: 06:33
Rogermay Superb! Lovely shots esp last one!
Rogermay · 2009-10-08: 06:50
stormfish we will never be as good as them, we're lacking millions of years of development and adaptation. on the other hand, penguins always make me laugh when i see them walking on land... ;-)

i was fascinated about your title "lebensraum", for this. my best example for what this means was when i lived in california and drove down the pacific coast... and there were these beaches just alongside the busy highway, where you could see dozens of seals wobbling and heavily lifting themselves into the sand... they look like toppled over fat cigars thrown onto the beach. and yet, the same animal, once under water, swims as elegant and efficient as no human, neither one of his constructions could ever do. "lebensraum". you either are in the water, or on land (not to speak of the birds above).

divers are just crazy border walkers... ;-)
stormfish · 2009-10-09: 10:31
nunuinpictures This is impressive, Monika!
Great work.
nunuinpictures · 2009-10-09: 15:45
azuul wow, amazing shots :O
azuul · 2009-10-13: 15:09
facan nagyon, nagyon édes , ahogy úszik...
facan · 2009-10-15: 13:13
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