Something You Don't See Everyday is a photograph by Geraldine Scull which was uploaded on June 4th, 2015.
Something You Don't See Everyday
Black and white peacock
The peafowl include two Asiatic bird species (the blue or Indian peafowl originally of India and Sri Lanka and the... more
Title
Something You Don't See Everyday
Artist
Geraldine Scull
Medium
Photograph - Photoshop And Topaz
Description
black and white peacock
The peafowl include two Asiatic bird species (the blue or Indian peafowl originally of India and Sri Lanka and the green peafowl of Myanmar, Indochina, and Java) and one African species (the Congo peafowl native only to the Congo Basin) of birds in the genera Pavo and Afropavo of the Phasianidae family, the pheasants and their allies, known for the male's piercing call and, among the Asiatic species, his extravagant eye-spotted tail covert feathers which he displays as part of a courtship ritual. The term peacock is properly reserved for the male; the female is known as a peahen, and the immature offspring are sometimes called peachicks.[1]
The functions of the elaborate iridescent colouration and large "train" of peacocks have been the subject of extensive scientific debate. Charles Darwin suggested they served to attract females, and the showy features of the males had evolved by sexual selection. More recently, Amotz Zahavi proposed in his handicap theory that these features acted as honest signals of the males' fitness, since less fit males would be disadvantaged by the difficulty of surviving with such large and conspicuous structures.
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June 4th, 2015
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Comments (41)
Colleen Kammerer
Congratulations! This image has been chosen as a Special Feature in Black and White Photography for the New Jersey Group.
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #9 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Joe Schofield
Very creative, Geraldine! Nope, you never see black and white images of peacocks. Unique! L f
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/tw
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning Black and White image has been selected to be featured for the week in the "Creative Black and White Fine Art Photographs" Group’s Home Page!! You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “Stunning Group Featured Images for March 2018” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Pinterest page. Thank you for your group participation! ~Jan