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LUKE TINGLEY

THE PURSUIT BEGINS

Limited-edition wilderness photography.

luke@thepursuitbegins.com

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A vast king penguin colony spread across the meltwater channels and grassy flats of Salisbury Plain, seen from a tussock slope above, with an expedition ship anchored in the bay beyond under gray cloud.

Colonization

South Georgia

A line of king penguins walking across a gray stony beach below a rocky slope covered in tussac grass, with one more penguin standing apart near a patch of snow.

Kings on their way somewhere.

South Georgia

A group of gentoo penguins porpoising through choppy grey water, two of them clear of the surface mid-leap, off St Andrews Bay, South Georgia.

Attack Formation

South Georgia

Five king penguins walking single file along a gravel beach past a bull elephant seal roaring with its mouth open, with another seal resting behind them and brown hills across the bay.

Perp Walk

South Georgia

Three fur seals peering out of tall tussac grass below snow-streaked rocky slopes.

Fur seals in the tussac.

South Georgia

Gentoo penguins nesting on a snowy, tussac-covered hillside above a blue bay, with an expedition ship at anchor, a zodiac's wake, and icebergs scattered to the horizon.

Gentoos above Cooper Bay.

South Georgia

High view over Cooper Bay, with a small ship anchored in deep blue water, Cooper Island offshore, a snow-streaked ridge and dark beach in the foreground, and dozens of icebergs out to the horizon.

Cooper Bay from the summit.

South Georgia

A small group of king penguins standing together on snow at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia.

The Kings of South Georgia

South Georgia

Underwater camera housing with a large dome port, monitor, and GoPro, on a table indoors.

My underwater camera housing.

Inside the Housing

Rear of an underwater camera housing with handles, a monitor, and a GoPro, on a table indoors.

The back.

Inside the Housing

A bull orca stalking a herring bait ball in shallow blue water near Tromsø, Norway, with surface light above and the rocky bottom below.

Shadows Drift

Inside the Housing

South GeorgiaNovember 1, 2026 · PolarI went to South Georgia for the king penguins. I got them, along with elephant seals, fur seals, a lot of noise, and a smell nobody warns you about.
Inside the HousingOctober 11, 2026 · The FathomsPeople ask how I get a picture underwater. I show them a photo of the rig, and then the questions start.