Indian Peafowl more commonly known as Peacock is the national bird of India. The variety of colors in their plumage never ceases to amaze us. You can see our first post on this beautiful species here. Yet another post showing their vivid and colourful plumage while they are dancing can be viewed here.
These birds look just amazing after rains, particularly when they get into the act of preening their feathers. Here is a selection of images of the Peafowls taken immediately after or during the rains. The camera setup is the D300 with the 300mm f2.8 lens and with the 2x TC in some cases. For the record, all images are of wild Peafowls.
59 comments:
excellent shots as usual - colorful and sharp
Wow, love the sharpness especially in the first pic. I`ve been waiting all week for a post from you.
A first very close encounter for me with this peacock. Beautiful colors.
Superb set. Particularly like the third one.
magnificent creatures.. very nice captures.. :)
Nice photos of the birds in the wild.
The colours are just amazing.
What beauties Thomas! The first one is classic - I just love looking into their eyes and at that mesmerizing blue!
Gorgeous series! Somehow I don't think the bird in the third photo is a fan of the whole rain thing.
Beautiful images as usual. Loved the last one. The portrait shot looks over-sharpened.
This is such a nice color of blue. I used to live in Las Vegas, NV. Wayne Newton (the singer) had a house there. He had those birds and they were always sitting on top of his fence.
Stunning Thomas, gorgeous colours and I love the third one where the bird is twisted and preening its tail!
Sue McB
Awesome! Gorgeous pictures...
so great colors!!! excellent work again
How beautiful these shots are! Stumbled and shared on my plurk. :)
Oh what colors!! the blue especially.. Awesome.
Hello Thomas,
Really splendid, as usual!
François
Another set of phenomenal images Thomas! Simply beautiful!
Hi Thomas,
only one word for such a set of pictures: Splendid!!!
it is a wonderful birds and your shots are truly fantastic... Good background, nice bokeh, and gorgeous colors! All in one!
Lovely pictures Thomas. I can even see the rain drops in one of the picture.
First picture is very sharp and beautiful.
excellent work! The fisrt one is amazing!
the last two images are too good!
A wonderful post, Thomas! I loved that last photo...it just shows so much of this guys wonderful colors and feathering in detail!!
Beautiful birds and photos. The detail and color is just amazing.
an absolutely amazing looking bird, beautiful vibrant colors of green and blue on it! great shots man! =]
AMAZING as always, Thomas!
Fantastic group of Images,great capture.
John.
stunning pics. peacocks are so exotic to us in southern africa! guineafowls are as exotic as we get. . .
These birds look always amazing ;-).Fine set especially the first one.
Another great set, great work my friend!
Great pictures as always... I love peacocks thanks for the beautiful snaps..
Beautiful colors! I love the first picture it's so sharp and full of detail and great colors.
Award winning!
Wow! Amazing shade of blue. Great photos.
Superbes prises !
La diversité du vivant m'étonnera toujours.
What a magnificent creature! Great capture!!
Thomas: Really neat shots of the peacock, nicely shown.
Fantastic and again a wonderful post from your side...:) Well done!
I always thought it was a zoo animal, not a wild animal... hahaha! Superb photos you present to us. He certainly come a time when all Indian wildlife animal has passed in front of your lens!
amazing!
Tanto los colores de este animal, como las poses de las fotografias son muy llamativas, me encanta la nitidez de su plumaje.
Saludos.
...so beautiful, and that they are peacocks in the wild is even better. All of your poses are stunning...the rain just adds to the interest!
What a wonderful bokeh in the first picture, the bluesh feather melts into the green background
The blue colours is splendid !
Hey,
thank you so much for sharing those great photographs with us!
For me as an artist, they are a constant source of inspiration!
:)
Claudia
Wowwwwwwwwww! Fantastic royal animal portraits!!! Wonderful colours here...
Wow excellent shots.It's clear and sharp!You should participate in salon photography contest.
Most interesting photos. This is a beautiful bird and so different from anything we have here.
I specially like the blue tones. It always caught my eye in nature shots.
Yout images are somptuous. As your habits.
A fantastic bird. As usual excellently captured.
Wow, so detailed and sharp with such stunning bright colors. Another great series.
Beautiful!
I have seen this species only in zoo.
Beautiful peacock, great colours!
Such resplendent birds ! Thanks for sharing my friends.
What a wonderful "painting" it has on the feathers - great nature.
Thomas amazing again, I guess it is hard to get them open their tails. I have seen first one 20 years ago in real life, and that was my last one too, lol. Anna :)
The colors are fantastic! Quite a beauty.
wow. brilliant blues. what a great looking bird.
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