What s Undetermined
The relationship between the two penguins and their emotional state in the photograph remains unclear. The suggestion that the two birds were “widowed” was based on speculation.
Origin
An award-winning photo circulated on the internet in mid-December 2020 appearing to show two “widowed” fairy penguins consoling one another as the duo romantically gazed at the city lights of Melbourne, Australia.
Captured by Tobias Baumgaertner, the photograph was dubbed the community choice winner in the 2020 Ocean Photography Awards for Oceanographic Magazine and madeheadlines after receiving the award. But were the two penguins really widowed and comforting each other? That remains to be seen.
Viral photo of widowed penguins comforting each other bags photography award
Photographer reveals sentimental back-story
A heart-warming picture of two penguins hugging each other has bagged the photographer the top prize at the Ocean Photograph Awards 2020.
Shot by Tobias Baumgaertner, this endearing photo shows two fairy penguins embracing each other while looking at the skyline ahead. “These two Fairy penguins poised upon a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline were standing there for hours, flipper in flipper, watching the sparkling lights of the skyline and ocean,” he wrote on Instagram.
Originally posted in March, Baumgaertner had written that a volunteer approached him and told him that the white penguin was an elderly lady who had lost her partner and apparently, so did the younger male penguin on the left.
A picture of two penguins standing “flipper in flipper” has won a photography award.
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image, which was taken in St Kilda, Australia.
The photo of two little penguins, also known as fairy penguins, went viral after Mr Baumgaertner posted it on Instagram in March, claiming that the birds had both been widowed.
“These two fairy penguins poised upon a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline were standing there for hours, flipper in flipper,” Mr Baumgaertner wrote on Instagram.
Nadia Aly’s picture of mobula rays was the overall winner (Nadia Aly/Ocean Photography Awards/PA)
Image of penguins hugging wins photography prize
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image of the birds in Melbourne. By Press Association Wednesday 23 Dec 2020, 5:11 PM Dec 23rd 2020, 5:11 PM 46,975 Views 14 Comments
A PICTURE OF two penguins standing “flipper in flipper” has won a photography award.
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image, which was taken in St Kilda, Australia.
The photo of two little penguins, also known as fairy penguins, went viral after Mr Baumgaertner posted it on Instagram in March, claiming that the birds had both been widowed.
Updated / Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020
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The penguins were pictured on a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline earlier this year (Pic: Tobias Baumgaertner/Oceanographic Magazine/Ocean Photography Awards)
A picture of two penguins standing flipper in flipper has won a photography award.
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards community choice prize for the image, which was taken in St Kilda, Australia.
The photo of two little penguins, also known as fairy penguins, went viral after Mr Baumgaertner posted it on Instagram in March, claiming that the birds had both been widowed. These two fairy penguins poised upon a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline were standing there for hours, flipper in flipper, Mr Baumgaertner wrote on Instagram.