Photo courtesy of Jenny Fleming

Yesterday was probably one of those days that I will remember for the rest of my life.  I can't emphasise enough how beautiful it is here. We went to Simons Town to check out the parking etc for a pelagic bird trip that I have booked…. 2years ago I had photographed Albatross, petrel and shearwater, so got to go again….. However just up the road from there is the world famous African Penguin colony at Boulders Beach. However, with this being a tourist attraction and populated with coach loads of visitors who are only there because it is on the tourist bucket list, I hadn't really enjoyed it on my previous visit.  In addition, the penguins are so close to the boardwalk and familiar with the tourists that it is hard to get any good natural looking shots.  We decided to drive  just a short distance down the beach road and stop at one of the bays further on.  This was a very wise and clever choice.  The scenery was stunning, clear turquoise sea and white sand with the large boulders all set off by the mountains close in land.  We were pretty much the only people on the beach and it was gorgeous, what could have improved this? Well, that was easy, half a dozen African Penguins thats what!!!!!

I sat on a boulder with my camera trained on them, adults and one sub-adult, standing still on the rocks opposite and all this in this pristine and beautiful environment.  I waited for them to give me something good to photograph and when one of the adults got a little fed up of the younger bird a mini fight broke out,