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Merry dance

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Merry dance
One from the India trip in May. This Peacock danced and displayed as if his life depended on it. Taken about 7-7.30am

Steve
MKIII 500f4 f5.6 1/320 ISO4oo -0.33
Posted by bill meikle on July 29, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Glorious image, the green at the top draws my eye a little. Crop a little?
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 29, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Really lovely colours but what I like the most is the angle - don't think I've seen a peacock taken this way before and it works so well and stands it apart from the full frontal shots :smile:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 30, 2008 at 2:43 AM
Thanks guys, glad you like it :smile:

Steve
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 30, 2008 at 3:13 AM
Lovely image Steve and I completely agree with Magnus about the point of view. But for me, the best thing is seeing what is obviously a wild bird in its natural setting as practically every peacock image I've ever seen has been of an ornamental bird.
Robert
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 30, 2008 at 4:09 AM


Very nice capture Stephen , colours are superb , comp is just about right , maybe just a touch more needed at the bottom ???

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Dawn Monrose on July 30, 2008 at 5:02 AM
Lovely shot, I agree entirely about the angle, really nice, and his tail really stands out against the blurred background.

:toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 30, 2008 at 5:05 AM
Hello Steve.

Yes this works well for me lovely bird in a nice setting. What I like the most is the end of the feathers, they really stand out against the lighter background.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 30, 2008 at 5:44 AM
Hi Stephen

A different angle to most and I really like it - nice setting as well!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 30, 2008 at 6:20 AM
A beauty

Dave :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on July 30, 2008 at 7:17 AM
a lovely shot, well composed and nice lighting.

Matt
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 30, 2008 at 7:29 AM
The control of DOF is abundant here and fact that it is in it's natural surroundings just makes it for me. Shame it used a well used track to pose on but that does not distract away from a super image. Agree about the angle, very different and works extremely well.

Brett :cool:
Posted by Kim Connolly on July 30, 2008 at 8:29 AM


Fabulous shot with so much detail. I really like this composition.
Kim :wavey:
Posted by Lee Newman on August 10, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Excellent the way it is,
L :smile:
Posted by Lee Newman on August 10, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Excellent the way it is,
L :smile: