Petrel alert

Archway Bay

Chris took this photo of a southern giant petrel stalking through a crèche of king penguin chicks, searching for weak individuals to prey on. Giant petrels are the vultures of the Southern Ocean: huge, aggressive predators and scavengers with a complete lack of eating manners. The old seal hunters who visited the Prince Edward Islands called them “stinkers”, “gluttons” or “nellies”.

HOW? Canon 50D, 70 – 200 mm lens, shutter speed 1/200 second, aperture f6.3, ISO 500.