The Pheasant King

by morpheus71

"It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for."
(William F. Buckley, Jr.)




An Indian Peacock (Pavo cristatus), king of the Pheasants takes stock of his kingdom from on high.

Dartmoor Zoological Park, Dartmoor, Devon, UK


Pentax K-x
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Cromatek circular polarizer

Aperture:f/5.6
Exposure duration: 1/125 second
Focal length:55mm
ISO: 200

Pseudo-HDR from split-RAW processing to create 3 TIFFs (at -1.66, 0 & 1.66 ev equivalents using Lightroom).

Pseudo-HDR created using Photomatix Pro and finished in Photoshop CS2
Uploaded09/05/2013 - 00:58
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter SpeedN/A
ApertureN/A
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal Length55mm

GIULIO57
Posted 09/05/2013 - 09:49 Link
A Spring collection of colours.
morpheus71
Posted 09/05/2013 - 13:07 Link
Thank you very much Giulio Peacock are rather magnificent birds
Bobbinalorry
Posted 09/05/2013 - 14:14 Link
??,,,No stones or rocks?,,,No waterfalls or streams?

Are you OK Phil?

However,I agree with Giulio.
Best Regards, Larry.

All the gear & no idea.
Edited by Bobbinalorry: 09/05/2013 - 14:14
morpheus71
Posted 09/05/2013 - 15:52 Link
Bobbinalorry wrote:
??,,,No stones or rocks?,,,No waterfalls or streams?

Are you OK Phil?

However,I agree with Giulio.
Very amusing Larry Has been a strange few weeks, photographing a wedding (my third time at such things on my own now:shock, peacocks, close-ups of bluebells and many things without a rock, waterfalls or whitewater streams... who knows what will catch my vision next?!

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