This peacock was in shadowed area brought out by the on-board camera flash, filling out all the detail and color in the feathers.
I cropped, adjustedlevels, curves and slight hue/saturation to bring out color some more, sharpened, ran Noise Ninja and saved for web.
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I don't know what to say but Absolutely gorgeous. This has to be in the 6's at least if not higher. The blues just pop from the brown background and you did a wonderful job on your focus on the birds face.