The Front and Back of It
Today Jackie and I went to Waiemea Falls. It's about a 3/4 mile walk back through some really beautiful botanical garden type environments.
On the way in we stopped regularly to take photos, but on the way out we were tired and hot, so we pretty much just walked along--with me, hoping against hope, that we'd see the parking lot in each next instant.
Instead, when we got just about to the exit, we saw this...
On the way in we stopped regularly to take photos, but on the way out we were tired and hot, so we pretty much just walked along--with me, hoping against hope, that we'd see the parking lot in each next instant.
Instead, when we got just about to the exit, we saw this...
Oh My Gosh!!! We dropped our tripods and got over there as quickly as possible. There were two males courting a female. I've never had the opportunity to photograph a peacock with its feathers open like this. Just beautiful.They kept turning around and around, and then I realized how beautiful the back side of the bird is.
So there you have it, the front and back of it.
Posted at 8 pm on Monday, March 16, 2009
6 comments:
WOW...awesome images, Linda!!! I bet you forgot all about being tired and hot when you came upon that scene! Sure glad you had a camera with you.
Amazing animal...spectacular. Glad you were able to see it and capture the image for the rest of us. Nice job.
they are great pictures!
i love them...:)
Hah! look at those skinny little chicken legs, I mean peacock legs:) Great perspective and an awesome find for the day!
Very exciting to think about what they were doing >I mean strutting around , displaying ,and being overbearing males
spectacular!!
love the image od the rear view.
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