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My first time seeing a white peacock in person. I've always wanted to see one! Did you know white peacocks are not albino? They are actually a colour mutation. I just learned that, maybe I'm just slow.
- White (Indian Blue) Peacock
Nikon D90 w/ Nikkor 50mm 1.4 AF D
Frankenmuth, Michigan
April 10, 2009
Photo (c) Jennifer Stuber
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Comments: 29
Nice pic!
Used to have a white male...He was just gorgeous when he grew in all his feathers. We had a couple colour mutations in our flock; like black wings with iridescent edges on males and multi-coloured white females. At one time we even had a male with golden wings.
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Thank you!
That sounds beautiful! I've never seen golden wings!
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Should have taken a picture of him...but he disappeared before I could. He was probably annoyed because we had so many males that he was at the bottom of the heirarchy.
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It's two absolutely beautiful portraits. I never even knew that they existed!
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Thank you so much! They are very beautiful birds.
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Beautiful! I adore how you did the colors and the lighting is really gorgeous. It works perfectly with the white of peacock, which is not blown out at all, not even a little; it's perfect! You didn't miss a beat on the focus, either. Beautiful job! Where'd you see it? I know what they're called...something with an "L..." give me a bit and I'll come back to this.
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Thank you very much! They just sort of had this random pen where there was a white pair and a regular indian blue pair of peacocks together (separate areas in one pen). No idea what it is called though!
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Beautiful!
Once again, the focus is excellent, and the cool colours set a really different mood from your other pair of peacock shots... awesome!
I've never seen one myself lol
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I was definitely not expecting to see one, I was walking around Frankenmuth and there was this random cage with these peacocks in it! I had never seen a white peacock, but they had a white pair, male and female!
Thank you very much!
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I saw the "critique enabled" and I was going to write one, but I don't think I know enough about photography to properly write a critique on the technical stuff. So I'll just write a comment!
I love the small amount of focus just on the head; I think it highlights the most interesting part of these photos. I also like how you paired the two images. If it was just the profile, I would want to see the front view, and if it was just the front, I would want to see the profile. So nice job on that; the scale matches and it makes for a very pleasing pairing.
My favorite thing about this deviation, though, I think, is that it's in black and white. I just love the white color, especially on the beak and how it's just slightly different from the feather color. It gives it a really classic or timeless feel, and he looks so regal. The pop of the black eyes against the white also adds to the regalness (is that a word? 
Overall, I think the focus on the details of the head really make this work.
Ok, I probably did write enough to put it in a critique, but...I'll just leave it here
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Haha, no worries. I am just thrilled you took the time to leave me such a wonderful and in depth comment! They are very rare.
Thank you so much, really!
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