reproduction West 111th Street, NYC

if you're metering for the black asphalt, it's important to adjust

the exposure when the albino peacock walks into the frame.

Out of this world shot all the elements of this picture are superb and would look great as a 10foot / 4foot wall art in any gallery NY or London 7/7

Well, it's hard to argue that this isn't original. :) Of course I'm curious how this scene came to be (do you have a pet albino peacock?), but in any case, you *did* meter it well and the composition is good. This is the sort of photo that requires a double-take, and then maybe another one for good measure. Well done, and thanks for sharing.

I'm speechless, well done!

Yep, I see these kind of scenes every day. Quite boring picture.

 

Just joking, of course... best regards, snapshot guy.

without words. 6/7

7/7

Nice contrast with the peacock in that setting.

wonderful, eerie work

Something to be said for having your camera ready, eh?

 

Nothing to critique except to say that this is composed well beyond what would be expected given the remarkable happenstance of an albino peacock strutting past. I commend you for making a picture rather than just settling for a snap shot.

 

 

(and BTW, perfect choice of exposure)

;)..wow...how to do ?

Frederic, it's easy: f/8 and white peacock.

;)..yes...obvious.... of course...

"f/8 and white peacock"

HA! Good one!

It's pretious and refined, though very simple as idea and elements in the photo. Look what does a good eye.

 

Splendid, congratulations!

I comment on the whole portfolio: you are just an amazing photographer with an astoundingly original eye.

another for my faves...it tricked my eye a couple of times...7/7

This is an amazing photograph. Such unexpected joys are hard to fine. Thanks for sharing.

I'v come back and forth to this picture quite often. Really a beautiful image. The elements are amazing, a reflection of a dark city and hard wet concrete. Then you have this wonderful white peacock filled with the color of softness and beauty, very out of place but marvelous. Your exposures are something that I look up to. Do you ever find yourself missing opportunities manually metering, or does it help you pre-visualize into a better picture? Do you every feel limited by using a range-finder compared to your fe2?

Hey Bobby, thanks. This was one of those situations that pretty much took care of itself -- kind of hard not to get a decent picture out of it.

 

As for rangefinder vs. slr, it's a tradeoff but I think in general the M6 suits me pretty well. The semi-spot metering pattern lets me meter different things in a scene and then think through where everything should be in the exposure (and not having an auto mode forces me to actually do that every time). In general my rangefinder shots are more often in focus and exposed right. The main downside of the rangefinder is, I often have to crop little bits here and there to make the composition right, which I never have to do with the FE2.

A magic shot...!!! .. An urban fairy-tale..

perfect

I will not repeat what has already been said. No use giving it a 7/7 as it pretty much is worthy more than what two 7 will say. My favourite picture on this site. I am inspired by your folio.

Just yesterday I saw this same bird again, near where the photo was taken. But all his tail feathers were gone! I wonder what happened; the explanation is probably upsetting...

 

Thanks everybody for the kind comments.

Just saw your update -- very sad to hear that. I guess it describes the human behaviour very well -- to ravage and plunder everything beautiful.