Motif: Peacock Portrait

Posted by Neil Solomon on Wed May 05, 2004 7:24 am

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10D 100-400 IS @400 1/200 f5.6 +2/3EV
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Photo taken at the zoo in Seattle. Peacocks don't move very fast but they are always moving. It's fun to follow them around and catch them with a good BG.

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by Bill Whala on Wed May 05, 2004 8:51 am

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Excellent color and detail. I love how the background color complements the eye color. Very nice shot.

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by Dick Ginkowski on Wed May 05, 2004 9:50 am

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Bill Whala wrote:Excellent color and detail. I love how the background color complements the eye color. Very nice shot.

My thoughts as well.

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by Alan Melle on Wed May 05, 2004 10:05 am

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Cool head-shot! Great BG and you certainly caught his iridescence beautifully.

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by AlexC on Wed May 05, 2004 12:47 pm

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Not an easy bird to do, and here it has been presented perfectly, great tonal range , detail and colors, I agree that the BG is also very nice, Congrats!!!

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Wed May 05, 2004 12:57 pm

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Very nice portrait, I would not have minded a little more room at the left.

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by Greg Downing on Wed May 05, 2004 3:32 pm

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This is excellent Neil. How did you end up with +2/3 on this one?

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by Alan Murphy on Wed May 05, 2004 4:24 pm

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Beautiful headshot Neil.

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by Jim Urbach on Wed May 05, 2004 5:08 pm

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Excellent capture,

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by Jill on Wed May 05, 2004 8:53 pm

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Glorious, Neil !!! I love it!!!! I'd only suggest a smidge off the bottom to eliminate the dark triangle. Superior image!!!!

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by Mike Wilson on Wed May 05, 2004 10:32 pm

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I like the comp as is and really like the closeup detail. We usually don't see closeups like this from you very often, nice one. I'll bet in the original you can see yourself in its eye if you zoom in far enough.

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by AForns on Thu May 06, 2004 10:34 am

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I like it all!!!! These birds are very frustrating to photograph. I know they are slow but it seems difficult to get the pose and BG you were able to accomplish!!!!! Your patience paid off!!!!

Congratulations!!

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