The King Of Blues and His Plumb

[Coastal Flyer]

I went on a photoshoot this morning at the Leo Castillo Ranch, in Carlsbad, California. I got these two shots of peacocks that were walking the ranch.

CF

[Jaedon]

LOL I just finished commenting on these images in the Critique section and here you have posted my 2 favs of all your shots there in one post. Nice captures CF.

[Loupey]

Nice job once again, CF. Tough shooting against white sky but you did great. I like the head position so as to catch the light in his eye. The DOF looks a touch shallow as the top of the head/crest seems a little soft.

The second is nice. A tad closer to highlight the textures would improve IMO.

:thumbsup:

[Coastal Flyer]

Loupey,

Thanks very much for the comments and suggestions. In the first image, from top down, the sky was deep overcast, no shadows so while the colors were great it made for difficulty as you decribed. I tried hard to capture the head/beak of the bird in the similar shaped darkness of trees in the background. In the second shot, I got as close as I could while keeping the background which is more of the birds back and has the distinctive "eye" feathering just visible.

That was my thinking anyway.

Thanks again.

CF

[payn817]

Nice job, the blues are the hardest area to control, and you've done fine.

[Coastal Flyer]

Jaedon/Payn:

I really appreciate your comments. Thanks very much.

CF

[Bevb]

I love the angle at which you took this, and the colours are stunning.

[Coastal Flyer]

Thanks, Bev. I appreciate that.

CF

[payn817]

Did you see this is POTD in the gallery?

[Coastal Flyer]

Yes, I did but thanks for letting me know. Several months ago I had a POTD, a red tailed hawk, and didn't even know it. So, thanks again.

CF