Peacock

Gallery: AvianPosted April 17, 2010176 views7 comments

Went to a nearby house with 5 acres of well tended gardens and landscape exhibits. My intent was to enjoy the plant-life, and shoot foliage/flowers. But this peacock squawking, strutting, flashing and slowing spinning demanded attention. Must be mating season. Three toms were relentless following me, and pecking at my wrist-watch. I am not an avian shooter...it is too demanding. Flowers don't fly nor chase you.

Zeiss 100mm, F4, 1/640s, Nikon D300

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 17, 2010 at 8:02 PM

Real nice comp on this and the colors are good, too. It's not easy to get irridescence in those greens. Maybe you should reconsider...this is pretty nice and the larger version is wonderful. Sharon

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on April 17, 2010 at 9:15 PM

Terrific!! Better watch it, once you start, you might not be able to go back to shooting other things!

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on April 17, 2010 at 9:22 PM

Fabulous detail and colours.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 17, 2010 at 10:35 PM

Just beautiful!!

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on April 17, 2010 at 11:14 PM

Lovely light, wonderful detail, excellent pose, and perfect composition. Love it.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on April 18, 2010 at 9:33 PM

Great in your face color. A stunner.

Dan

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 20, 2010 at 12:52 AM

I reallyl ike the angle you got on this. Different than usual and it's nice. I also really like the comp and the bottom row of red colored feather prints

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