Gentoo Penguin
Gentoo Penguin
A gentoo penguin on the beach at Saunders Island in the Falklands.
Janet Carmichael
Camera details: OM-1 | Date uploaded: 10/02/2025
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We print with a 12 colour process, this means we can print a much larger colour range than most printing companies that normally use a 4 or 8 colour process. All sizes for our gloss paper prints are in inches. Please note prints are supplied without mounts or frames.
We print with a 12 colour process, this means we can print a much larger colour range than most printing companies that normally use a 4 or 8 colour process. All sizes for our satin paper prints are in inches. Please note our prints are supplied without mounts or frames.
A 'proper mug' - 15 oz of pure indulgence, maximum print area 9cm high by 18cm wide.
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Iceberg Sculpture 1
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Iceberg Sculpture 4
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Iceberg Sculpture 5
Antarctica offers the opportunity to see beautiful natural iceberg sculptures in the most dramatic surroundings. As the ice bubbles rise up through the iceberg and burst they create a constant turning motion which upends the bergy bits and melts them into different, striking shapes and fissures.
Iceberg Sculpture 2
Antarctica offers the opportunity to see beautiful natural iceberg sculptures in the most dramatic surroundings. As the ice bubbles rise up through the iceberg and burst they create a constant turning motion which upends the bergy bits and melts them into different, striking shapes and fissures.
Iceberg Sculpture 3
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