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Indian Peacock


Indian Peacock
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Copyright: Nora Pezzani (noranina) (41)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-08
Categories: Birds
Exposure: f/3.7, 1/100 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-07-07 19:30
Viewed: 347
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Indian Peacock (called Mayura in Sanskrit) has enjoyed a fabled place in India since ancient times. In imagery Lord Krishna is always represented wearing a peacock feather tucked in his headband.

Ancient kings in India were said to have gardens to raise peacocks where guests were invited to see the famous male peacock dance during the mating season.

Peacocks often live in proximity to human and due to this close proximity for thousands of years, they have entered ancient Indian stories, songs and poems as symbols of beauty and poise.

As the mating season coincides with the onset of monsoon rains and the month of Shravan in the Hindu calendar, many songs of rains have peacock-dance mentioned in them.

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  • [2009-07-07 21:47]

Bright beautiful colors and great details! No wonder this fella looks so proud of itself! Good job!

Hi Nora,

Very nice closup with great colours and sharp details. Very well done!

TFS,
Kedar

hi nora, nice capture with good details of this indian pecock. well composed too. i saw most of the people shooting pecocks with their fans and back grounds. but i like what u captured. As one can imagin what ur subject is thinking. its a grt frame. i think while capturing other than humans we must look after the immotions of our living subject. grt! wish u nice weekend. regards .
Milind

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