Pollon Count!
by JayneRyan

Comment by WonderDude:
Good shot. I think it would be even better if the eye was more in focus. But I like it!

Pollon Count!
by JayneRyan

Comment by Pangurban:
Lovely image. My only slight niggle is that the focus is not quite on the head which is where I'd prefer it to be. But that's just me!

The Dragonfly
by JayneRyan

Comment by Ammie:
Whoopi! so delicately balanced, it's beautiful

The Dragonfly
by JayneRyan

Comment by MaryO:
Love his pose, and the softness of the flowers in contrast to the sharpness of the dragonfly.

The Kings of South Georgia
by JayneRyan

Comment by JayneRyan:
Yes we did visit Shackleton's grave. Toasted the man himself. We also visited Elephant Island where he was shipwrecked in Antarctica and had to leave men to go for help in a lifeboat. A British member of our expedition team re-enacted that voyage in a replica of the lifeboat with only what Shackleton would have had with him! Clothing, food etc! An epic voyage accross the southern ocean from Antarctica to South Georgia.

The Kings of South Georgia
by JayneRyan

Comment by GeneralE:
Great photo, though not the weather I'd have expected to see there. :-)

Did you have a chance (or inclination) to visit Shackleton's gravesite?

The Kings of South Georgia
by JayneRyan

Comment by P-A-U-L:
What an amazing experience that must have been and you have captured it so well. Congrats on the HM!

The Kings of South Georgia
by JayneRyan

Comment by SandyP:
What an epic adventure! And ohoto too!!!

The Kings of South Georgia
by JayneRyan

Comment by Lydia:
Congratulations on your HM!

And thanks for the penguin info!

The Kings of South Georgia
by JayneRyan

Comment by JayneRyan:
Thank you everyone for the lovely comments. It really was an amazing experience. We did Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica. The brown penguins are juvenile Kings! Sailors who first saw them thought they were a separate species and called them Oakum Boys!
Go see it all before it is gone!