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Touch of a Feather

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Posted by Richard Sogn on July 22, 2007 at 12:23 AM
Touch of a Feather
While Erik and I were waiting for the fog and rain to lift at Bandon, we went to the Animal Park. I hated seeing beautiful animals in cages, but did take this shot of a noisy Peacock.

D200, 1/80 sec @ f/5.6, 200 mm (18-200).
Posted by Curtis Knight on July 22, 2007 at 2:43 AM
Love the detail and the patterns. contrast seems a bit flat to me. I think a contrast bump would make this pop.
Posted by Rick Lundh on July 23, 2007 at 2:10 AM
pretty cool idea. I think you can punch this one up like Curtis is saying...
Posted by Eric Hahl on July 23, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Cool patterns.
Posted by Mike Stovall on July 23, 2007 at 1:25 PM
These peacock tail feathers make a great design (Ditto on the contrast boost, though). I remember trying to follow a couple of these guys around, but couldn't catch them sitting still enough to snap off a sharp one like this. I visited this place last Summer. It is a bummer seeing all the animals caged up. Having said that, the big cats looked like they were in pretty good shape, but right at the entrance/exit were the most forlorn animals I think I have seen in captivity. The parrots (pulled out most of their feathers and looked like plucked chickens) and primates just looked ready to jump off a bridge.