I had a terrible job trying to get a shot of this peacock. He wasn't the proud one of the family, he was the shy one, because he kept running away. I finally got this photo of him sitting on top of a fence. (The peacock was on the fence not me)!!!
A few seconds later and I would have been ready to ring its neck!!!
It would probably look better large on black if you are interested.
Lovely clear shot, nicely framed. I have got some photos of a family of hedgehogs we had in our garden a couple of years back. I'll try and dig them out for you. (I must get my photo's organised - I have them everywhere).
@derekvickers I was pleased with the result in the end. Because he was sitting on a fence I was taking it into bright day light, so the background worked really well I think.
@yaorenliu Thanks, I think he had his eye on me!! @winnedreamer Thanks Nic. After the trouble I had taking this photo I was pleased with the result in the end.
@dekky740@angelat@lafish@sbolden Thanks so much for your lovely comments. Peacocks aren't the prettiest of birds are they. It wasn't until I took this shot that I realised that. You only usually look at the tail.
@steampowered Glad I made you chortle. I am not sure the peacock was doing that though. He wasn't happy that I was chasing him. He was probably thinking rude words, mainly f's and b's!!!!
@tryingforsighs Thanks Rachel. I would love to see your hedgehog pictures. Haven't seen a hedgehog for 24 years!!! We used to get them in the garden in the UK. We have echidnas here which look a bit similar.
@ginnykoppenhol@joeyc Thanks so much. I realized when I took this that you usually don't look at the head of the peacock, you tend to just look at the tail, so this was the first time I actually had close look at the face of the bird.
You got there - lovely detail.
@yaorenliu Thanks, I think he had his eye on me!!
@winnedreamer Thanks Nic. After the trouble I had taking this photo I was pleased with the result in the end.
@streats Thanks Ian. He was a bit of a challenge.
@elaine55 Thanks Elaine. He was very hostile!!