I love Cee’s monochrome challenges! This one is called “What is beautiful to me”
I did a series of peacock shots – They are so spectacular I wasn’t sure if they would translate into mono but I thought this one looked as though he was electrified! I hope you think so too.
His quivering tail caught the sun so beautifully it sent a shower of light spheres into the shadows.
Two flew up into a tree and looked like illustrations from a Persian garden
Kalifa’s Garden
“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”- Rumi
at last, and also in the park another mysterious creature on a swing that I called Lokisdottir. This is a previous image- she is also the Niamh of my own Tuatha tales.
Try another way of looking. Try you looking and the whole universe seeing.- Rumi
the runes of the gatekeeper's daughter- dedicated to Nick 
Usually, color images appeal to me more than monochrome, but these are wonderful. It’s amazing how something that’s all about color (peacock) can find a whole new beauty in black-and-white. Very nice!
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Many thanks! 🙂
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PS: I really love working in Moody Mono!
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That peacock does look electrified! Peacocks are so beautifully colored, I never would have thought to try b&w… I guess that’s why I stick to writing, haha!
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Thanks Janna! I love trying out creative edits ( or so I hope) but I do need to write more too!! I love your writing!
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Beautiful
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again thank you!
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This is so beautiful…How you do spin your world into a magical one…Thank you!
xo DG >
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thanks so much DG!!!
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Astonishing choice for the challenge dear Cybele!The first peacock shot looks like a starburst galaxy!Superb simile of the other two and magical light on the mysteriously appealing face of the angelical creature 🙂 Doda xxx
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I was amazed it came out so effectively in mono too!! Yes she is a magical child too. Thank you Doda!
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Indeed, the peacock does look electrified. A beautiful picture, Cybele. I’d love it on my wall in a frame, but Mister is superstitious and made enough fuss about his stepson having a peacock feather in the house. Silly superstitions — it’s the belief in them that brings bad luck, not the thing itself.
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I know about these superstitions!! But thanks for the comment my friend!!
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Beautiful photos for this week’s challenge. Thanks. 😀
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Thanks so much Cee!!
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So enamored, Cybele! I wish I could express my feelings eloquently enough to do your photographs justice…
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What a wonderful comment Anita- thank you so much!! I’m honoured!
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Oh your photographs deserve these comments, Cybele! 🙂 Keep clicking!
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Thank you my friend!
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Great images!
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Thanks for dropping by and commenting!!!
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Wonderful images, Cybele – and yes the peacocks do work in mono – that first picture looks almost otherworldly! Beautifully dreamy portrait too. A
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Many thanks Adrian!! So pleased you like them!
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Beautiful peacocks, look great in mono.
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thank you Maverick!
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Stunning, just stunning! I love the one that almost looks like a chinese watercolor!
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Many thanks dear Laura!! It does!!
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Your photos should be selling like hotcakes!
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Laura you are one of my biggest fans and I’ve known you the longest! I think I must live up to my name and I’m not as prolific as I could be as I venture out from den to dune lol- but with you my most esteemed friend as my supporter- I am satisfied!! 🙂
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Den to dune haha! I’m so glad we are here on WP together. Hmm…I’m thinking maybe we could have a chat soon!
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Beautiful! The peacock certainly looks magical as does the young girl in your last photo! Hope your weekend is grand! 🙂
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thanks so much Linda a to you too!
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That image of the peacock in the tree is pure magic Cybele! Heavenly light 🙂
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thanks so much Sarah! Peacock’s are quite magical!!
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Aren’t they just!! I really need to process the rest of my photos from Greece. There’s a place in Kos called Plaka that is a forestry area, sunken gardens and lots of wild peacocks!
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will look forward to seeing some I hope!
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Eventually!!! I promise 🙂
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Oh wow! The Peacock is gorgeous! It really is striking in Black and white. Love the last one of Lokisdottir.
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I’m pleased you like them Deborah- thanks for coming by!!
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These are beautiful! I’m so amazed by what you create with your photos.
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what a wonderful compliment! Thank you Trisha!
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The peacock is amazing, as well as all of them!
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thanks so much my friend!
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Breath taking … I love the peacock … but even the last photo of the girl is wrapped in mysterious beauty!
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thanks so much Bast!!
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Very welcome … quite lovely indeed!
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(These are beautiful
Love the b/w
As always Sheldon
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Many thanks again my friend!
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