Bronwyn Ellis, South Georgia Dreaming (ANIMAL & NATURE 2024)

A selection of photographs of some of the wildlife from South Georgia from October 2023. It's hard to go past a stunning sunrise as the King Penguins move to the beach to head out for food, or a goofy smiling young elephant seal. Upon arrival to South Georgia, we discovered a dark scene unfolding as the deadly bird flu J5N1 had already made it to the shores. The elephant seals seemed to be the most visually impacted and my 3rd photo is of a southern petrel feeding on a dead new born seal pup. My 4th image is from the blue hour.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.