Sunday, February 1, 2009

Excitement in the first Nature and Travel Photography Field Trip


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Originally uploaded by annchou
At Beacon Hill park...


To my excitement, right at where we started our field trip, there were free ranching peacocks , apparently flew out from the petting zoo (which closed in winter) across the road.
The peacocks were very complying and allowed me to try different shooting angles, as the part one of class exercise. Among all angles, I preferred the low angle pointing up to sky. This angle gave an illusion as if the viewer was a worm getting into a kingdom of peacocks. This illusion was strongest in my "Two peacocks" photo.



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Originally uploaded by annchou
The peacocks walk to the flower beds to have breakfast. This gave me more excitement to my pointing upward exercise, because the flower bed completed my favorite triad: adding interesting foreground to perfect golden light in morning, and the colorful object.


Feather of Peacock
Feather of Peacock
Originally uploaded by annchou