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Divine
Divine
Tej


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Olympus C-70 / C-7000 Zoom
Location: New Delhi, India
Date: Mar 26, 2006
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Abstract, Birds
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

This is taken in New Delhi zoo. The bird was kind enough to spread his wings and dance for the shot. There were distracting elements behind the peacock which with burned and wings were dodged. This is(was?) my first attempt with dodging and burning (and probably the only successful one).

I selected this, from my portfolio (non-challenge), purely on basis of max favs. I wish I had taken this with better camera so as to make it print size and quality.

Statistics
Place: 247 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.0514
Avg (commenters): 6.9688
Avg (participants): 6.0325
Avg (non-participants): 6.1600
Views since voting: 1259
Views during voting: 693
Votes: 506
Comments: 72
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 09:48:38 PM
Best peacock shot I ever seen. Why only 640 pixels. Did you miss the fact that you can submit 720, or this one intentional.
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03/17/2009 07:52:08 PM
Beautiful against that dark bg.
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03/17/2009 12:10:00 PM
very nice, goes well with darker background.. I have never seen these in real life
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03/17/2009 10:58:21 AM
Beautiful albino, the black background really makes the white pop.
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03/17/2009 09:47:28 AM
Beautiful!

I have never seen a peacock that white and illumined. :-).
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03/17/2009 09:03:39 AM
Beautiful shot of white peacock.
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03/17/2009 08:16:39 AM
beautifully captured
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03/16/2009 11:36:50 PM
Spectacular.
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03/16/2009 11:08:51 PM
beautiful bird
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03/16/2009 05:36:53 PM
riversong? is that you? He is a stunner!
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03/16/2009 01:27:16 PM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments. Beautiful shot of this majestic peacock. Great timing and eye to get this lovely bird showing off it's plumage! I love how the pristine whites really pop off the page and show off an almost ethereal beauty of this uniquely colored peacock.
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03/16/2009 12:13:08 PM
I like darker background -- it really emphasizes the feathers in an elegant way
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03/16/2009 10:22:24 AM
amazing bird and well exposed
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03/16/2009 07:08:27 AM
Love the light and the editing. Well done.
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03/16/2009 03:27:25 AM
This is beautiful. The tree on the left detracts from the image for me, but the exposure is perfect on the peacock.
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03/15/2009 11:20:49 PM
Beautiful bird. Well captured.
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03/15/2009 10:48:58 PM
I think I've seen this before and still LOVE the contrast of the white peacock against the dark background and rich tones. Very nice work.
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03/15/2009 07:20:15 PM
Very well done!!
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03/15/2009 06:45:36 PM
Beautiful, and an appropriate title. :)
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03/15/2009 06:35:18 PM
Good lines. Nice Isolation.
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03/15/2009 04:55:49 PM
Beautiful peacock photograph! I would have burned the rock since it's a bit distracting... but the bird is stunning.

Not voting yet.
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03/15/2009 04:53:07 PM
Wow..... spectacular show!
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03/15/2009 04:44:40 PM
elegant..
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03/15/2009 01:38:06 PM
Beautiful light you captured. I'd love to see a little more detail on the ground and not have things so cramped but that's just me. Good luck!
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03/15/2009 01:29:49 PM
truly dvine!
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03/15/2009 01:16:08 PM
Back to comment and bump: Not sure how the lighting or the background were achieved but that doesn't matter. You nailed it. 10
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03/15/2009 10:26:17 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 10:06:53 AM
Gorgeous bird, exposure is good. I would have cropped out the area on the left.
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03/15/2009 09:24:57 AM
lovely specimen, 6
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03/15/2009 05:29:16 AM
nice exp. bit unsharp though

;) brano
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03/15/2009 01:02:29 AM
I think I've another like this before, but this one is definitely "WOW".
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03/14/2009 10:12:15 PM
nice capture
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03/14/2009 06:57:06 PM
Very nice!! it's outstanding.
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03/14/2009 04:52:32 PM
Stunning looking peacock
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03/14/2009 02:55:46 PM
Coming back to comment...

Stunning composition and lighting! 10
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03/14/2009 02:11:37 PM
Very pretty lighting and pose.
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03/14/2009 02:10:16 PM
This feels like a snap shot, and the presence of the tree trunk emphasizes the fact.
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03/14/2009 01:07:10 PM
Beautiful striking capture
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03/14/2009 11:10:20 AM
interesting light, the peacock really stands out
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03/14/2009 09:09:24 AM
Very dramatic capture. Nice processing and great contrast. 8.
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03/14/2009 08:24:56 AM
Good title - Divine is right. Excellent focus and detail in the feathers.
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03/14/2009 03:04:10 AM
What a lady(?)! Beautiful white feathers on the dark background.
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03/13/2009 10:22:16 PM
beautiful bird
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03/13/2009 09:30:27 PM
nice subject and interesting shadows although i think the tree in the foreground is a little distracting.
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03/13/2009 04:38:23 PM
Albino peacock? Nice shot, though I would have preferred a crop that included the entire plumage.
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03/13/2009 03:45:27 PM
Perfect title for this amazing picture, congratulations!!!
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03/13/2009 11:59:47 AM
wow, this is beautiful
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03/13/2009 09:55:44 AM
What a display .. I think b&w would be a better choice
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03/13/2009 09:29:01 AM
great details in its feathers
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03/13/2009 03:39:37 AM
This has a great fairy-tale quality
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03/13/2009 03:31:54 AM
Wow nice coloring. Great composition.
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03/13/2009 01:59:55 AM
Such a lovely bird and so lovingly captured. A brilliant image that I want to linger over.
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03/13/2009 01:44:12 AM
Beautiful.
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03/12/2009 08:19:29 PM
Gorgeous white peacock picture. Dont see them to often. Good detail and lighting.
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03/12/2009 06:02:20 PM
how very rare and exotic...
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03/12/2009 05:16:17 PM
Albino peacock? Nice pic.
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03/12/2009 04:34:02 PM
These birds are so gorgeous! Beautiful capture and processing.
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03/12/2009 03:21:23 PM
Gorgeous light and a wonderful pose from your model!
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03/12/2009 12:05:00 PM
What a beautiful peacock.
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03/11/2009 11:01:39 PM
great lighting - wonderful feel to the feathers, combined with sharp focus on the head, beak, and feet.
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03/11/2009 10:32:42 PM
Very beautiful subject but I think this photo doesn't really do it justice. Whatever is on the left side is really cramping the subject in the frame and this whole image feels a little claustrophobic.
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03/11/2009 09:48:06 PM
wow ... nice and bright ... i wished the the rest didn't get cut off.
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03/11/2009 07:46:44 PM
Beautiful (and rare) albino peacock. Did we see one from this series in a previous challeng? It is a great shot- light is fantastic. 9
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03/11/2009 05:38:34 PM
A gorgeous subject. A little soft on focus for me.
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03/11/2009 01:17:01 PM
I think I have seen this bird before, but not this picture, I like how this came out..
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03/11/2009 01:14:32 PM
Absolutely stunning! He is indeed divine! 10
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03/11/2009 09:52:07 AM
the wood on the left is little distracting. the crop around the peacock is too tight in my opinion
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03/11/2009 09:20:06 AM
too bad the feathers are cropped - while the tree should have been cropped off
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03/11/2009 09:00:42 AM
What a lovely peacock.
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03/11/2009 08:53:58 AM
wow, awesome, divine is the perfect title for this, I've never seen a bird with these whiteish feathers
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03/11/2009 08:21:06 AM
Spectacular feathers and a nice job of capturing their subtleties. (hope I spelt that right) Thankfully you didn't completely black out the background so he has some sense of place. Beautiful.
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03/11/2009 04:48:51 AM
breathtaking.
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