Peacock Portrait [Animals]
Uploaded: April 14, 2007 13:10:06
Photo was taken on April 13, 2007 at 10:04am at the Pt. Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington
Canon 70-200mm F/4L lens + Tamron 1.4x TC @ 122mm, F/4, 1/200 second, ISO 400, handheld
Cropped, cloned, shadow/highlight, + saturation, resized and sharpened in Photoshop CS
POTD at Photo-of-the-Day.com on April 17, 2007
POTD at PhotoShowdown.com on April 29, 2007
Finalist for April 2007 POTM at PhotoShowdown.com
Les Rhoades April 14, 2007
It's amazing! I love the color and this baby is sharp. They say it's the photographer not the camera that makes the shot, but in this case I have to give soem credit to that fine set up yu have. Well done Janine! It looks like my rooster picture will have to fight it out with your peacock in the finals. (fingers crossed) #637798Barbara Sharts April 14, 2007
Great shot! #4166674Joy Rector April 14, 2007
fantastic #4166695Laura Bailey April 14, 2007
WOW, Janine! The colors and detail are just fantastic. Beautiful work. #4166707Bob Cournoyer April 14, 2007
Stunningly sharp, Janine!!Bob #4166810
Tammy J. Russotto April 14, 2007
Wow! Amazing detail and color. This is definitely one of the best shots of a peacock closeup I've seen. Beautiful!BILLY R. PARKER April 14, 2007
BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURED JANINE! LOVE THE COLOR AND DETAIL!! BILLY #4166980Linda Proctor April 14, 2007
Amazing colors and detail Janine!!! #4167002Lindley Johnson April 14, 2007
Fantastic color and detail, Janine - really well done! #4167037Gary G. Stewart April 14, 2007
Beautiful color and clarity Janine. Really nice! #4167113Jeff Robinson April 14, 2007
How Beautiful!! Exellent portrait Janine! Jeff #4167258Sam Britt April 14, 2007
Fantastic image, Janine. Amazing detail, great color. #4167296Lisa Clark April 14, 2007
Striking image. It has a real WOW factor. #4167465Mary K. Robison April 14, 2007
Guess he has every right to feel proud ~ what a beauty!Christy Nichols April 14, 2007
This is Fantastic, Janine!!! Wonderful colors and DOF!!! #4167811Renee Doyle April 14, 2007
Amazing and gorgeous colours in this beauty Janine! Wonderful detail and use of dof! Beautiful capture!Su Sana E. P April 14, 2007
The BEST in the series this month for sure, Janine!! What an awesome Capture!! Winner it is!!!! #4167951Kathy Reeves April 15, 2007
I will not be posting my peacock portrait after seeing your beautiful work!! Details, lighting and color are gorgeous! #4168147Carol Sawyer April 15, 2007
Gorgeous capture, colors and DOF, Janine! #4168290Katarina Mansson April 15, 2007
WOW! Amazing colors + excellent clarity, DOF and composition! #4168310Sherri Gorman April 15, 2007
Wow, the colors, details and lighting are AWESOME!!! Great close-up capture Janine!!!! #4168565Joan P. McCool April 15, 2007
Stunning! Amazing detail and color! #4168577Connie J. Bagot April 15, 2007
Beautiful detail----the eye is especially riveting---wonderful, Janine. #4168632Arnie Horwitz April 15, 2007
Great capture with incredible colors and clarity, Janine! #4169017Janine Russell April 15, 2007
Les (LOL - your rooster is a great image), Barbara, Joy, Laura, Bob (Thanks for your offer; this is the first time I've ever been to this zoo - I was with my granddaughter who was on a fieldtrip from Idaho; ), Tammy, BILLY, Linda, Lindley, Gary, Jeff, Sam, Lisa, Mary, Christy, Renee, SuSana, Kathy, Carol, Katarina, Sherri, Joan, Connie and Arnie, thanks very much for all of your kind comments and encouragement - he allowed me to get to within a foot; I think I could have petted him but didn't want to take a chance of getting bit! #4169147Theresa Marie Jones April 15, 2007
Fantastic close-up Janine! You sure know how to work that camera and lens!Judyann Plante April 15, 2007
Fantastic color and clarity, Janine! That eye is incredible.Judyann <>< #4169521
April Riggs April 15, 2007
Beautiful colors and detail, Great DOF #4169948Ken Jarvis April 15, 2007
Excellant detail and colour! #4170062Graeme yew Chow April 15, 2007
Just amazing shot ! love the vibrant colors and detail, Janine. #4171067Janine Russell April 15, 2007
Theresa, Judyann, April, Ken and Graeme, thanks very much for your kind and encouraging comments; yes, this image was handheld. #4171213Dot K. April 15, 2007
Amazing color and detail! #4171433Janine Russell April 15, 2007
Dot, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4171687Anna Diederich April 18, 2007
Oh my Janinie! The detail, color, lighting is just perfect in this one! #4183403Janine Russell April 18, 2007
Anna, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4183498Nilesh J. Bhange April 23, 2007
Very nice capture!! IMHO it slightly looks over sharp to me. #4198366Janine Russell April 23, 2007
Nilesh, thanks very much for your kind comments and critique. #4198403Datha Y. Thompson April 30, 2007
GORGEOUS!!! Wow love the sharpness Janine and the colors are Perfect!! Excellent shot :0) #4231054Janine Russell April 30, 2007
Datha, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4231303Bill Whala May 23, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist. This is a wonderful image!! #4319640Sherri Gorman May 23, 2007
Congratulations on this AWESOME finalist!!! #4319662Mike D. Perez May 23, 2007
Congratulations Janine on your terrific Finalist! Great colors and details. #4319792Gary Jacobson May 23, 2007
Hey Janine,Cheryl E. Molennor May 23, 2007
Congratulations #4320572Barbara Sharts May 23, 2007
Congrats on finalist and good-luck into the next round! #4320641Sam Britt May 23, 2007
Congratulations, Janine! #4320820Graeme yew Chow May 23, 2007
Great finalist and super detail, Janine. #4320824Laurence Saliba May 23, 2007
Big congratulations on your finalist Janine!!! #4321219Husain Akhtar May 24, 2007
No surprise that this terrific image is amongst the April finalists! Warm congratulations my friend and best wishes for the next stage! #4321861Katarina Mansson May 24, 2007
I am not surprised to see this again :-)Anita Hogue May 24, 2007
Beautiful colors and clarity, Janine! Congratulations! #4322971eileen bedford May 24, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Janine... #4323442Su Sana E. P May 24, 2007
Huge Congratulations on this Awesome Finalist, Janine!! #4323522Emile Abbott May 24, 2007
Most beautiful finalist, Janine and again congrats my friend. #4323791Sharon Day May 24, 2007
Gorgeous finalist, Janine!!! Congratulations again! #4324362Janine Russell May 24, 2007
Bill, Sherri, Mike, Jake, Cheryl, Barbara, Sam, Graeme, Laurence, Husain, Katarina, Anita, Eileen, SuSana, Emile and Sharon, thanks very much for all of your congratulations and encouraging comments. #4324416Les Rhoades May 24, 2007
It Looks like both the Rooster and the Peacock made the finals. Can I say: I told you so! :O)
Another PG101 WINNER
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Julie Monacella May 24, 2007
Wow - amazing detail and color! Congrats on your finalist!!! #4324925Chris Budny May 24, 2007
Your birds always set the standard! Congratulations, Janine! #4325305Colleen Farrell May 24, 2007
Stunning clarity and detail, Janine! Congratulations on another great finalist! #4325397Susan Fox May 24, 2007
Congrats Janine! Great detail shot! #4325635Patricia Ronan May 24, 2007
Congrats Janine:) #4325698Christy Nichols May 24, 2007
This is Gorgeous, Janine! Congrats on your finalist!!! #4325940Mitch Spence May 24, 2007
A really interesting take on this bird, Janine, shooting its head rather than the standard plumage shot. Nicely done. #4326193Janine Russell May 24, 2007
Les (congratulations to you as well), Julie, Chris, Colleen, Susan, Patricia, Christy and Mitch, thanks very much for your encouragement and congratulations. #4326228Terry L. Ellis May 24, 2007
Another beauty of a finalist, Janine! Congratulations! #4326604Regina L. Rickert May 25, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist! #4328149Janine Russell May 25, 2007
Terry and Lexi, thanks very much for your encouraging comments and congratulations. #4329217Kristi A. Howson May 25, 2007
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist Janine. Wow, what wonderful colors and detail. Excellent! #4330908Janine Russell May 25, 2007
Kristi, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement and congratulations. #4331345Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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