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Wild Turkey II

Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 4 April 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

This guy gives a better display of his true size with his feathers unruffled!

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Comments (15)

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Beautiful light on the feathers, Craig. Very nice shot!

4 Apr 2008 9:44am

MJ from Delaware, United States

Great shot... I had one walking beside the car yesterday when I was out driving.... They are huge

4 Apr 2008 1:30pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Quebec, Canada

Nice capture! From what I hear they seem to be very suspicious and always ready to speed off...

4 Apr 2008 1:32pm

@vu@granby - Wolfgang: It was very hard to get close. These were taken with a 790mm lens. Thanks for your comments Wolfgang!

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Another superb shot. The feathers are magnificent!

4 Apr 2008 6:59pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

nice shot! i like how you captured the colors of the feathers in this one. they're beautiful. i hadn't really noticed that so much in the earlier one.

4 Apr 2008 7:18pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

The sun shining on his feathers is beautiful, it really brings out the colours.
a great shot Craig.

4 Apr 2008 9:30pm

Chris from South Jersey, United States

The colors in the feathers are just great - you captured his beauty wonderfully!

4 Apr 2008 11:08pm

Dawn Sutherland from United States

When I read the title (before the pic popped up) I thought you were taking a pic of the alcoholic beverage! :) ha ha

5 Apr 2008 1:11am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

A great looking bird and captured in such wonderful color and detail.

5 Apr 2008 5:58am

Anne from White Rock, Canada

Really well done Craig! The detail and colour are so nice! :-)

5 Apr 2008 9:01am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

I love how the scales are details and the dark mother-of-pearl simili

5 Apr 2008 9:03am

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

I never knew their feathers can shine like this! Awesome shot!

5 Apr 2008 9:45am

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

I like the feathers, they are wonderful.

5 Apr 2008 10:00am

bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

Very fine detail Craig buddy...luv the feather detail on the back of his neck...he looks a bit nervous though...did you mention stuffing or something similar *-))
Billy...

5 Apr 2008 10:43pm

@bronzebilly u.k.: Haha! So that is what made them run! Thanks for all your comments Billy!

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Nice capture.

6 Apr 2008 12:34am

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Sony DSC-H9
1/100 second
F/4.5
ISO 80
78 mm