Proud as a Peacock #1 by goodoleboy
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While culling through my vast library of photos, I came across a series of Peacock pics I had taken early this year at the beautiful Los Angeles County Botanical Garden, located in beautiful Arcadia, California. Actually, the same place I had previously taken photos of Canadian geese.
Now these particular peacocks have no fear of humans; they strut, run or walk around as if this was their territory, and your presence there is only tolerated with their permission.
In their constant search for food, these guys move real fast, pecking away at the ground, and you have to anticipate where they are going and aim and click the shutter at that spot just to get a halfway decent picture. No stop and posing for them, at least in the sunshine, where their plumage comes radiantly across.
Some notes I copied off the Internet:
The male (peacock) has beautiful iridescent blue-green or green coloured plumage. The so-called "tail" of the peacock, also termed the "train," is in fact not the true tail but highly elongated upper tail coverts. The train feathers have a series of eyes that are best seen when the tail is fanned. Both species have a head crest.
The female (peahen) has a mixture of dull green, brown, and grey in her plumage. She lacks the long tail of the male but has a crest.
Females can also display their plumage to ward off danger to her young or other female competition.
Many of the brilliant colors of the peacock plumage are due to an optical interference phenomenon (Bragg reflection) based on (nearly) periodic nanostructures found in the barbules (fiber-like components) of the feathers.
Different colours correspond to different length scales of the periodic structures. For brown feathers, a mixture of red and blue is required
Comments (14)
Littlejock
I can see walk very proud. Very godo colours and POV. so Lovely peacock
MrsLubner
I never understood how they had the strength to walk around with all that weight on their butts. Feathers are not so light weight! I saw one at a rescue home a couple years back that had a tail so long and so heavy it really couldn't walk! They are amazing birds. Good photo.
busi2ness
As proud as a peacock indeed! A great capture of the bird and of the colors on display. I find the sound it makes very disturbing though.
morningglory
Nice information with the pic...hope you have one with the feathers on display also. Very colorful image.
gingerlou
Beautiful peacock, love it, bravo!!
Richardphotos
when I was growing up I never had the occasion to be around any peacocks and did not see any. I rented a house not far from where I lived as a child and little unbeknown to me the people behind me had peacocks. I found out in the middle of the night when I heard the most awful noise. I had to ask a neighbor friend what the noise was.then I decided I would never have one around. a friend of mine had one huge peacock and fighting cocks among other fowl. the fighting cocks thought they were the baddest around and one in particular tried to challenge the peacock. my friend had to seperate because the peacock nearly killed the cock and they were not his property. excellent capture
jocko500
wow you know a lot about these wonderful birds. This is super looking
Zacko
LOL! Fascinating reading there Harry. Who would have known actors considered their feathers to be unlucky....might explain why ive never seen Angelina Jolie dressed in a peacock-dress....shed probably look her best without anything actually. Hmmm....yeah i reckon she wouldnt look half bad on a white steed in my backyard as you suggested. Unfortunatly im not really sure how i would go about setting that shot up....sigh. Have a swell day! #:o)
Valerie-Ducom
Oh yes, very beautiful Peacock!!! Good day ;)
TwoPynts
The cock of the walk...so to speak. :)
zoren
I had a couple of these as pets, great 'watchdogs', they can get very aggresive!
mermaid
lol... intersting... this male sure looks like it had some fights with his a bit roughed up feathers or maybe he is just running around to much and with this heavy weight on his behind it would be natural not beeing able to keep it clear of the bottom all the way
tennesseecowgirl
LOL at PJ.. they are amazing animals I have photographed some and have included some in my gallery..
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful,