Pheasant feathers 3

Here is a shot that I took over the weekend. I have posted a gallery of images at http://gallery.heartland-images.com/Pheasant-Feathers . There are a three from November (2 old, 1 new), and a bunch from last weekend. The two dates produced totally different images, with the November shots generally better IMO. I'm tempted to ask my friend for a couple birds, and try and get a more random feather placement. Comments/suggestions very welcome. Any ideas on how to improve these are also welcomed and appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Rob, I love the out-of-the ordinary colors in this shot, though I prefer your #16 version because there's more of a vertical pattern to it. Number 4 in your gallery is my favorite so far, with #13 a close second. Both are fine art IMHO. Number 11 is sweet too. The only suggestion I can come up with is to maybe try darkening the corners and/or edges and see if you like it or not. Thanks for sharing!

Rob, I am with John on this one love the colors. I also looked at the images in the gallery I think my favorite is #2 the color range of the feathers is fantastic. Viewing your images have given me some ideas for shooting a collection of peacock feathers I've been given. Nice theme you have going here, enjoy what you are doing, Keep up the good work!.

Thanks for the input. David, good luck with the peacock feathers.