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Peacock
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Copyright: Jose Augusto L Hauer (zeca) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 373 W: 14 N: 538] (2881)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-09
Categories: Birds
Camera: SONY DSC P10
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Nice Birds [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-07-14 1:43
Viewed: 2291
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Another capture to the Peacock series, from Gaspar, Santa Catarina. Let´s read something else from the wikipedia:

"The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus is a species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family. The Indian Peafowl is a resident breeder in India and Sri Lanka.

The species is found in dry semi-desert grasslands, scrub and deciduous forests. It forages and nests on the ground but roosts on top of trees. It eats mainly seeds, but also some insects, fruits and reptiles.

The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen. The Indian Peacock has beautiful iridescent blue-green plumage. The upper tail coverts are enormously elongated and ornate with an eye at the end of each feather. The female plumage is a mixture of dull green, grey and iridescent blue, with the greenish-grey predominating. In the breeding season, females can be told apart from the lack of the long tail feathers also known as the train. Peahens can be distinguished from males in the non-breeding season by the green colour of the neck as opposed to the blue on the males.

Peafowl are most notable for the male's extravagant tail also known as a train, a result of sexual selection, which it displays as part of courtship. This train is in reality not the tail but the enormously elongated upper tail coverts. The tail itself is brown and short as in the peahen."

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae

Genus: Pavo

Species: P. cristatus

Binomial name
Pavo cristatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Best Regards,
Zeca
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Hello Jose,
Colourful and impressive bird indeed!
Sometimes I wonder what catch in evolution did lead to this creation...!
Well framed, with fine colours and details... A beautiful bird indeed!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • CTP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 6 N: 1106] (3191)
  • [2006-07-15 2:27]

Hi Jose,
Excellent Peacock photo.
I like your pov,dof,colors,focus,sharpness,note and framing.Well Done.TFS
Chris

Delightful image of a dancing peacock, Jose. You have included the BG of a lake and mountain to good effect.
It is rainy season in India -- the time when peacocks rejoice nature by dancing frequently.
Well done and TFS.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-07-15 3:30]

Hello Jose,
Magnificent capture.Vivid colors,POV,details,lighting and composition are wonderful.
TFS...:-)

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 1044 W: 156 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-07-15 5:48]

Hello Jose,
Impressive bird and a nice capture. I like the low POV including the lake and hill in the background. God detail and great vivid colours. I think the flash is a little strong, but a minor nit. Nice work!
Regards,
Adrian

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  • hekcik Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 331 W: 15 N: 305] (1825)
  • [2006-07-16 10:59]

Hi Jose,

Excellent shot.
Great light, colors and sharp.
Beautiful composition.
Very well done and well seen!

TFS :-)
Norbert

Bem...um pavão nas lentes do ZECA é até covardia, mas afora os elogios pela belíssima foto prefiro elogiar sua note, pois adorei aprender que o bicho aí é originário da Índia! Parabéns José.

Hi Jose,
Great moment you have captured here.
Colourful and impressive bird indeed!
Greetings,
Biswarup

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  • Nilson Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 442 W: 0 N: 427] (3110)
  • [2007-03-16 11:21]

Oi Zeca,esta foto ficou exelente ficou muito dez,parabéns por esta preciosa imagem.
NIlson

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