NaturesBounty

Peacock Portrait

Peacock Portrait

Male peacock resting in the sun of a late fall afternoon.

DSC1594. 2023-12-05

Male peacock resting in the sun of a late fall afternoon.

DSC1594. 2023-12-05
Read less

camera

NIKON D810

settings

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 2200/10

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2023

Views

84

Likes

+13

Awards

Peer Award

+8

Absolute Masterpiece

Top Choice

Categories

It's amazing how many detail you captured despite the bright colors. Beautiful capture and bokeh background.

Thank you. Michel.

PRO

Cool portrait Shirley. Nice deep blue color!

Thank you, Joop.

Platinum

Beautiful colors and contrast, Shirl!

Thanks, Ron. Most of the animals were behind cages
This guy was free-range.

PRO+

Beautifully done, love his little head feathers. Looks like a hat.

See all

Same photographer See all

An old favorite photo of mine, taken when I didn't have post processing. I re-edited it and resubmitted it with some refinement.
Taken at a sma

Two young men take a dusty ride along a gravel mountain trail . Autumn is quickly making it's way to winter.

Curious pronghorn antelope. Southern Colorado.

An eagle gets a fish at Woods Canyon Lake, AZ. It seems it was letting me know it was HIS prize.
Photo taken September 2017.
DsC9732. 2017 09-04

Mountains are highlighted beneath a colorful sunset.

Two sand cranes fly against a colorful autumn back drop.
DSC7283. 2019-11-13

A beautiful multicolored hummingbird sits on a wire in the late afternoon low lighting with a background of varied colors.

It looks as if there are three sandhill cranes, but the reflections show four.
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve, New Mexico.

DSC0691

A bright butterfly lands on an oak leaf on an autumn day in Utah.

This is a beautiful sight we came upon while hiking in the LaSal Mountains in Utah. A reminder that winter is not too far away.

An experienced wind surfer does an impressive flip off a wave. Southern Oregon coast.

A serene scene of beauty found on a hike in the Lasal Mountains of southeast Utah.

A lovely view awaits a visitor at a park along the Dolores River in Colorado.

An historic Cumbres and Toltec engine and string of passenger cars takes a journey through the colorful southern Colorado and New Mexico mountains out

Watson Lake, Prescott, AZ had so many lovely water birds!

An osprey lands on a pole after catching a fish.
DSC7731. 2018-05-24

As the sun was dipping below the horizon at sunset, the horizon scene took on an interesting palette of colors.

A blue jay perches on a limb in the sun. It's feathers of blue shades make a lovely covering.

Discover more photos See all

Haha, Our sweet Mini Aussie loves watching over all the animals the farm. Of course she thinks she is the boss . by lisablevins

another shot of a manta ray, this time with a following of smaller fish. these are no easy to capture as you want to be close to shoot through less wa by Ashley_Missen

In the middle of the Spanish desert. by barbarapustelnik

A Royal Bengal Tiger In Woods of South India, Kabini by WildTales

The king of Inverness by carlosgamo

BDS Cottenham-1 by daniellepincus_3517

Winter Classic Horse Jumping Competition Gulfport MS by GizDast

A highland of my Svalbard expedition was meeting this polar bear cub by judithkuhn

Female Red Winged Blackbird I by RJamesWhite

Happy by imagesbystephendavis

A wild little owl on some old farm machinery by bridgephotography

The King by Cortez48

Simba Looking at You by zquentin

Taken on the steps down to the boat on my trip to Skomer - light was brilliant by kimberleyvance

Taken at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy by HeyitsK

Curious Gentoo Penguin watches as a zodiac of visitors departs. Antarctica by Cobypix

It was a nice dive with all these beauties. Don't touch. If you get too close to them, it can be very painful. There is a reason why they are cal by rolandbach

Red Fox by rollandgelly

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.