Circle of Friends

Clare McClelland

Circle of Friends

this gang of Adelie penguins gave me a great opportunity for quite a series of entertaining photographs as they zoomed busily about their icy playground.

This photo has become a symbol of connection and friendship among my own personal group of nearest and dearest friends.

Circle of Friends belongs to the following groups:

Cutest of the Cute, Icy Cold, Penguins Galore, The Birds and Travel and Adventure Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Circle of Friends by Clare McClelland
Circle of Friends by Clare McClelland
  • Tiffany Dryburgh

    Tiffany Dryburgh

    Sweetest thing I’ve ever seen!

  • andrew cowell

    andrew cowell

    Fabulous shot!

  • katradford

    katradford

    Great photo! Very cute.
    Who doesn’t like penguins?
    Best dressed animals out there.

  • zee1

    zee1

    I looks like they are having a full on conversation, brilliant capture.

  • Simon Mammino

    Simon Mammino

    Clare, what a superb shot i love this

  • Brett Foster

    Brett Foster

    Love it. Happy Feet!

  • Andrew Bosman

    Andrew Bosman

    Very cool Clare, great shot.

  • Michael Douglass

    Michael Douglass

    That is such a good shot, love it, well done.

  • Matt Mawson

    Matt Mawson

    The Fab Four posing for the cover of the White Album. A wonderful image.

  • Lachlan Kent

    Lachlan Kent

    I just want to be their friends… makes me happy… beautiful photo… thanks Clare.

  • Mark Higgins

    Mark Higgins

    ..I’d watch that one on the right…he is a troublemaker!
    Great shot..

  • Clare McClelland

    Clare McClelland

    Thanks everyone for your responsive comments!
    Yep, these guys know how to stick together and have a good time!

  • sara montour

    sara montour

    Way too cute. What a perfect photo op!

  • Lisa  Kenny

    Lisa Kenny

    Just fabulous Clare, I love it! ....I wonder what they’re discussing?

  • ScreamingSeagull

    ScreamingSeagull

    Has a really ‘happy feel’ – lovely!

  • Lalit  Bhusal

    Lalit Bhusal

    very sweet..

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    awww this is adorable ..what a great shot !

  • cheerishables

    cheerishables

    Oh, I sooooo love this! This would actually make a great advertisement picture. Also would make a wonderful poster and greeting card. This is really such a sweet and fun photo to look at!

  • Scott H Murray

    Scott H Murray

    Great shot! I am just wondering if a tighter crop would work better?

    PS I am jealous lol!

  • Holly Werner

    Holly Werner

    Great shot! Love it.

  • khosie

    khosie

    Penguins are gorgeous! Well done!!

  • gaypony

    gaypony

    love it. very cute

  • Cathleen Tarawhiti

    Cathleen Taraw...

    That is just the cutest…

  • Tony Moore

    Tony Moore

    Great shot, I find alot of humour in this one. ( just under his left flipper.)

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    This is excellent. Great capture

  • Jenny Haskey

    Jenny Haskey

    Great shot & very cute!!!

  • JayVee

    JayVee

    Fantastic moment. Added you to my circle of friends.

  • JayVee

    JayVee

    Fantastic moment. Added you to my circle of friends.

  • Ian Yang (mitrm)

    Ian Yang (mitrm)

    yup, what are friends are for! ;)

  • Keegan Wong

    Keegan Wong

    Wow this is just simply cute.

  • minoanphotography

    minoanphotography

    One of those moments when you are happy to be alive! how awsum!

  • Anne van Alkemade

    Anne van Alkemade

    Gorgeous. Love the water effect in the background. Everything looks so crystal clear and clean. And cold! Very nice shot, Clare.

  • Jared Revell

    Jared Revell

    Fantastic image Clare !

  • Jelynn

    Jelynn

    it made me smile! super shot :)

  • Clare McClelland

    Clare McClelland

    Thanks folks! I have been away for a while and have just found all these lovely comments waiting for me.. very uplifting, thanks again.

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins

    what a lovely, lovely shot!!!

  • Mandy Fell

    Mandy Fell

    sooo cute …..love this capture…..

  • Lisa Roberts

    Lisa Roberts

    This is one of my favourite pics on Red Bubble, The character of the penguins, with the one visible eye, the clarity, the sparkling water – everything, it is just a perfect shot 7 I love it!
    Lisa x

  • Jo O'Brien

    Jo O'Briencommunity ambassador

    Congratulations – well deserved!

  • Pepper

    Pepper

    Congrats on the award. Happiness to you.

  • Craig Goldsmith

    Craig Goldsmith

    A Cracker of a shot, and well done on the placing in the competition.

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins

    congratulations on runner up – v. well deserved, this is one of my fav. photos…

  • Loredana Crupi

    Loredana Crupi

    Congratulations Clare on runner up – well deserved!

  • Torfinn Johannessen

    Torfinn Johann...

    Great shot! Fantastic colours, composition, and title.

  • Clare McClelland

    Clare McClelland

    Thank you everyone for all your acknowledgement on this photo!
    I just turned on the lappie and was very excited to see that we made it as runner up in the photo comp. A boost to the weekend for sure!

  • trickyruby

    trickyruby

    well done, it is a great shot

  • Ro London

    Ro London

    Absolutely charming Clare, excellent stunning capture.

  • Melinda Kerr

    Melinda Kerr

    Well done Clare-a ripper!

  • Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo

    Carmen Mandel-...

    Lovely capture, Clare. Congratulations!.

  • Nicholas Averre

    Nicholas Averre

    Awesome image. Congratulations.

  • AmandaWitt

    AmandaWitt

    Well done – and to echo a couple of others, I too thought of Happy Feet when I saw this.

  • Heather Loster

    Heather Loster

    i love penguins. this is a very cute photo.

  • sandra56

    sandra56

    I love this, so cute

  • JacquelineGwynne

    JacquelineGwynne

    Ha ha, it looks like they are dancing!

  • Andy73

    Andy73

    Wow, this is brilliant. Love this image!

  • amberafternoon

    amberafternoon

    Adorable! And I love the background.

  • Eleni Sofroniou

    Eleni Sofroniou

    OMG i love this…how cute! When i get paid i will but this

  • kmargetts

    kmargetts

    Tnis is so cute, great shot :o)

  • Ann Garrett

    Ann Garrett

    Simply perfect!

  • JrPhoto

    JrPhoto

    Aww my little sister loves this one!

  • Kalena Hill

    Kalena Hill

    This is just too cute!

  • Tania Rose

    Tania Rose

    Happy feet indeed!
    Too perfect for words. Great shot Clare!

  • Astrid Pardew

    Astrid Pardew

    Penguins are sooo cute! They almost seem like a bunck of kids on their way to school :) Great capture.

  • Geri Bragg

    Geri Bragg

    incredible !!!

  • midzing

    midzing

    brilliant

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153

    Awwww that is so sweet.

  • Jan Piller

    Jan Piller

    Oh well – everything has been said. I’ll just say WOW!!

  • salsbells69

    salsbells69

    Wonderful image. Cold place ~ warming image..its fantastic.

  • Justin Seymour

    Justin Seymour

    This is an awesome shot!!! It gives me the feeling of a group of guys leaving home never to return.

  • Ashley Ng

    Ashley Ng

    Great great capture!

  • Philip Rogan

    Philip Rogan

    Happy Feet!

  • FrankieJo

    FrankieJo

    very clever !!!!

  • Fiona MacNab

    Fiona MacNab

    Excellent shot.

  • zandria

    zandria

    Oh, this is cute. Love the last one looking back over his shoulder. Nice having the background blurred too.

  • Mary Lake

    Mary Lake

    What a wonderful shot!!! Love it!!! :-)

  • Marion  Cullen

    Marion Cullen

    Brilliant image, it has such an uplifting and joyful mood.

  • Cindy  Perrinjaquet

    Cindy Perrinj...

    Adore this shot…they are so cute!!!

  • AngelArtist

    AngelArtist

    This is lovely!

  • andykazie

    andykazie

    Nice, looks like a popular TV commercial!

  • RoughDiamond

    RoughDiamond

    how gorgeous.

  • Noelene Davies

    Noelene Davies

    Wow this is just gorgeous and there nothing like togetherness.

  • dawndavies

    dawndavies

    this is so cute

  • Arlene Zapata

    Arlene Zapata

    So, are you getting shirts made of this for you + your circle of friends?

  • Clare McClelland replied

    That’s a great idea – I haven’t tried the T-shirt thing yet.

  • cdwork

    cdwork

    Awesome image

  • Matt Halls

    Matt Halls

    Prefect composition and timing.

  • Matt Halls

    Matt Halls

    Perfect! ;)

  • Victoria Ashman

    Victoria Ashman

    Well caught, I love this picture!

  • Ryan Abboud

    Ryan Abboud

    Very Cute

  • mooonrocks

    mooonrocks

    OMG! so sweet! I would love to get a shot like this!

  • Kristine Johnson

    Kristine Johnson

    adorable

  • jenjen72

    jenjen72

    OMG!! I love this photo!!! Penguins are my favorite birds, cuz they’re so cute!!

  • Freelancer

    Freelancer

    Oh! This one is brilliant!

  • izzybeth

    izzybeth

    sweet

  • CassPics

    CassPics

    Wow what a capture! Love it…would make such an awesome card.

  • josiem

    josiem

    gorgeous capture!!!

  • Jane Best

    Jane Best

    Fantastic. Great friends photo!!!!!

  • shanemcgowan

    shanemcgowan

    awww tis is fab Clare sweetheart..;-))

  • Noushin Kahfi

    Noushin Kahfi

    Cute!:)

  • Phill Danze

    Phill Danze

    Very nicely done Clare….the one looking back at the front sums up the comraderie penguins share amongst themselves.

  • Clare McClelland

    Clare McClelland

    To the person who bought a large canvas print of this shot in the last week – thank you so much – you made my week!! I hope the print is everything you wished for and that it cheers the space in which it will reside!! Would love to know where you are going to hang it..
    thanks again for acting on your appreciation of my work. Clare.

  • Naylor

    Naylor

    Brings a lump to my throat Clare ….. the beauty of the ice and the blue water but also the beauty of these wonderful animals .. the sence of community and connection you have captured !!!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful impactive shot …. I LOVE this (((((HUG))))))

  • Clare McClelland

    Clare McClelland

    Tnank you for such a passionate comment – made my day! Whenever I think of these guys (penguins) life seems better!

  • laureenr

    laureenr

    This would look wonderful in the Good News Group

  • Elizabeth Bravo

    Elizabeth Bravo

    Sooooooo cute!!

  • parmi

    parmi 29 days ago

    This made me smile and feel so good about life. What an incredible shot.

  • Linda Sannuti

    Linda Sannuti 29 days ago

    Love this!

  • Tania Rose

    Tania Rose 28 days ago

    congrats on this being the image to RB’s journal

  • Clare McClelland replied 28 days ago

    hey, what a blast! I enjoyed the written part as well..we are all members of an ever expanding circle of friends here at RB, something I appreciate very much – for the feeling of community, learning, sharing of creativity, critiquing, inspiration and sometimes even meeting each other! I think it’s amazing that the vision of the founding team has become such a remarkable reality and totally believe it is up to us members to uphold the quality and integrity of RB by submitting the best we have within us! For the greater good of all concerned…

  • LizVengeance

    LizVengeance 28 days ago

    I love this! pure perfection as well as heart warming =]

  • Erika Gouws

    Erika Gouws 28 days ago

    Stunning!

  • Paula McManus

    Paula McManus 28 days ago

    one of the best photos I have EVER seen – just fantastic!! :))

  • Clare McClelland replied 28 days ago

    that is so lovely of you! thank you

  • Tania Rose

    Tania Rose 28 days ago

    it really is an amazing photograph, Clare

  • Di Jenkins

    Di Jenkins 28 days ago

    just gorgeous Clare! Lovely sentiment & image

  • whalegeek

    whalegeek 28 days ago

    Delightful image, Clare. Adelies are my husband’s favorite penguin while I am partial to gentoos with that red lipstick they sport on their bills. Adelies are so fun to watch, one of the only solely Antarctic species of penguins.

  • Marjorie Wallace

    Marjorie Wallace 28 days ago

    Just Fabulous! I love this!

  • A.M. Ruttle

    A.M. Ruttle 28 days ago

    Superb, Clare! Tell us more about the making of the shot! Looks like it must have been a fantastic journey. Excellent key wording by the way!

  • Clare McClelland replied 25 days ago

    there was this lovely interplay going on between these penguins, 3 of them had been coming towards me, they met up with another one of their gang and went off together, looking like good friends taking off for a hike and a chat along the way! The thing about penguins is just to find where they are busiest, stay there and watch what goes on, they are such socially busy birds that something’s always happening! I was in Antarctica as “photographer in residence” for a trip with one of the adventure companies – Quark Expeditions. A brilliant experience.

  • Lisawv

    Lisawv 28 days ago

    Fantastic capture. Love it, they are just so darn cute. I like how the one is looking back at the others. Great work.

  • Diane Schuster

    Diane Schuster 28 days ago

    This is such a wonderful and symbolic image, so very well done! Dee

  • mgtech

    mgtech 28 days ago

    brilliant capture.

  • A.M. Ruttle

    A.M. Ruttle 25 days ago

    Thanks so much for some of the story behind the story, Clare; magical! How the heck did you land that SWEET job of photographer in residence?

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