Many of the brilliant colours of the peacock plumage are due to an optical interference phenomenon. | | Such interference-based structural color is especially important in producing the peacock's iridescent hues, which shimmer and change with viewing angle, since interference-effects depend upon the angle of light (unlike chemical pigments). | | In the local folktales of India the peacock has a special place. A Punjabi folktale describes a Queen reqesting her husband not to hunt peacocks and tells that the peacock is her brother. | | In the Mayuri subtribe of Bhils in India, women take out their veils whenever they see a peacock and they are worshipped during festivals. | | Since photography is all about the "magic" created with a lens and light, this Indian Blue Peacock represents a truly worthy photographic subject peacock bird feathers Peacock Plumage
Many of the brilliant colours of the peacock plumage are due to an optical interference phenomenon. | | Such interference-based structural color is especially important in producing the peacock's iridescent hues, which shimmer and change with viewing angle, since interference-effects depend upon the angle of light (unlike chemical pigments). | | In the local folktales of India the peacock has a special place. A Punjabi folktale describes a Queen reqesting her husband not to hunt peacocks and tells that the peacock is her brother. | | In the Mayuri subtribe of Bhils in India, women take out their veils whenever they see a peacock and they are worshipped during festivals. | | Since photography is all about the "magic" created with a lens and light, this Indian Blue Peacock represents a truly worthy photographic subject peacock bird fowl Indian Blue Peacock
Peacock feathers, the b&w series | | I would love to know what my photos are being used for, so please drop a line :) peacock feather bird Peacock feathers b&w 2
Peacock feathers, up close and personal. | | I would love to know what my photos are being used for, so please drop a line :) peacock feather bird Peacock feather macro 3
Peacock feathers, up close and personal. | | I would love to know what my photos are being used for, so please drop a line :) peacock feather bird Peacock feather macro 1
Increible la presencia que tiene este animal...y sabe como hacerse notar ante la camara animal zoo pavo Glamour
The Peacock and The Window. Taken outside Armagosa Hotel in Death Valley Junction peacock window blue The Peacock and The Window
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If I remember right, this is a 1:1 macro shot of the feathers on the back of a live male peacock. Persuading it to let me do that cost an awful lot of bread. | | Larger image available on request peacock feather feathers Peacock Feather
Peacock with spread feathers. Shot made in a zoo in the Netherlands called "Apenheul peacock peafowl feather Peacock
close-up peacock in the garden of Borromeo Palace, Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore, ITALY peacock white animal White peacock
