This pale peacock is stomping about and strutting his stuff for the benefit of another more gorgeously hued bloke. There was not a jot of interest in the macho display from some nearby peahens, who very carefully weren’t watching.
Word for the day is leucism, is a condition in animals characterised by reduced pigmentation, and different from albinism. Quite tricky to photograph without blowing out all the highlights.
A while back I ran away from a twentymumble-year corporate career to be a feckless art student. Since then I've dirtied my hands with, metaphorically and/or literally, bronze and ceramic sculpture, photography, and digital and traditional illustration. Mask making was one discovery, dovetailing with my interests in teaching and performing improvised theatre.
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