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Postby SoCal Steve on Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:06 pm

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Postby Glen on Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:17 pm

Striking Steve, beautiful colours on the neck
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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:24 pm

Well done Steve - they are not ducks and they are gorgeous colours
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:27 pm

Hehe, sure makes a change from seeing ducks.

Great colours, really nice bird that :)
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Postby fozzie on Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:01 pm

Stunning colours/colors Steve. BTW: what lens and other information, please.
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Postby big pix on Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:16 pm

Great colors............ are they as good to eat as ducks.......great shots....

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Postby kipper on Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:17 pm

Big Pix, can you please remove that Big Boat from your signature.
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Postby big pix on Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:30 pm

you mean the blue one?........... the big one was placed by the server not my pix and it is gone.....
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Postby SoCal Steve on Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:42 pm

fozzie wrote:Stunning colours/colors Steve. BTW: what lens and other information, please.


Thanks, Fozzie.
I shot these at the L.A. County Arboretum. They have about a dozen peacocks running around the place. Most of them are only a few feet inside the front gate! I had been there the week before and had focus problems ruin most of my peacock pictures, so I kind of went overboard to make sure that didn't happen to me again.

The first pic was taken with the 50mm f1.4 and SB800 fill, 1/250 @f13 ISO 500.

By the second pic I was using the Kit lens at 70mm still at ISO 500 and no flash. 1/250 @ f/13.
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Postby Matt. K on Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:58 pm

Peacocks are a delicasy, according to my dog.
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Postby yeocsa on Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:13 pm

Hi Steven,

Nice pics. Not easy to get all the features in sharp focus.

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Postby BBJ on Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:14 pm

Nice Birdies Steve, haven't seen any of them in a long time and they are very colourfull, nice pics.
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:30 am

What a showoff, someone brings out a camera and tail pops up immediately! :lol: *reference to the bird*

Great capture :D
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Postby SteveGriffin on Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:34 pm

1st guy looks like one at the kids schoolh he is called Andrew. Susan his partner and 5 chicks dissappeared during the last school holidays.

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Postby mudder on Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:55 pm

The colours are stunning, prefer the framing of the first...
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Postby NetMagi on Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:03 pm

wow. . . GREAT shots. They're absolutely striking to the eye. . . . saturation is perfect
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Postby Nicole on Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:01 pm

Beautiful colours. I like the first one best. Nice one Steve.
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Postby KerryPierce on Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:43 pm

Very nice, Steve. I don't believe I've ever had the opportunity to shoot one that was fanned out like that. Very cool. :D
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