Miniature Fans

Blair Wainman

Miniature Fans

Placed in the Top 10 in the Challenge Peafowl in the group “First Things” in May 2009
Featured in the group First Things in May 2009
Featured in the group Super Macro Photography in May 2009

Never thought I would get this close to an Indian Blue Peacock to get a macro of his back feathers but I had one eating out of my hand on Friday and in turn he let me take a very close picture…Amazing!!

Miniature Fans belongs to the following groups:

! 100% !, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), Abstracts from Nature, Bits and Pieces , Extreme Close-Ups, FEATURED ONLY, First Things, Green!, JPG Cast-Offs, Live and Let Live, Live, Love, Dream: May you have a Blessed Christmas Season , Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {challenge theme only!}, Mysteries of the Common(2 per day), Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Birds, The true beauty, Tuesday Afternoon, Unlimited Quality and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
Miniature Fans by Blair Wainman
Miniature Fans by Blair Wainman
  • Danit Elgev

    Danit Elgev

    Awesome shot! looks great!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!!

  • Nancy Barrett

    Nancy Barrett

    This is SO fabulous!! What a perfect abstract shot!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Nancy!!

  • Aritheeagle

    Aritheeagle

    You hit the jackpot …... you did!

    Spectcumazing!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    I agree!! These opportunities don’t come around every day!!

  • Aritheeagle

    Aritheeagle

    I meant … “SPECTACUMAZING”

  • Blair Wainman replied

    ...I gotcha!!

  • Carol Barona

    Carol Barona

    Oh my gosh this is fantastic. What beautiful color and details….This is an amazing capture!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Carol!! I was so surprised at how bold he was in getting this close…and never got spooked once!

  • Sarah Pett-Noble

    Sarah Pett-Noble

    wonderful, the colour and detail are gorgeous!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Sarah!!

  • ys-eye

    ys-eye

    Fantastic!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you!!!

  • shooterrn

    shooterrn

    Amazing close up and detail, great shot

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much…it was really amazing!!

  • Joanne Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    Fantastic! Wow, what a great capture! Lovely lines and colors! Makes for such a dynamic natural abstract!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Joanne!! I thought so too! The crop really brings out some interesting detail in the feathers!!

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Brilliant capture, Blair!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Béla!!

  • RickF

    RickF

    Fantastic Capture!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Rick!!!

  • tanmari

    tanmari

    Amazing it is! Totally fantastically gorgeous!
    Mari

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Mari!!

  • Deborah H. Benoit

    Deborah H. Benoit

    It`s wonderful when things like that happen Blair. Fabulous catch!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Yea, you bet!! I was really surprised…but as I said to Al, wait till you see the next one…two in one day was incredible!!

  • Teresa Zieba

    Teresa Zieba

    Holeee Blair, this is incredible. What a fabulous capture my friend. Perfection!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Teresa!! I really appreciate your wonderful support!!

  • Johanne Brunet

    Johanne Brunet

    Double WOW! I first thought that it was a gorgeous piece of embroidery, but it’s even better; nature’s masterpiece! Excellent shot Blair, and an instant fav!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much Johanne!! It was incredible to get that close!!

  • Al Bourassa

    Al Bourassa

    Incredible shot, St. Francis….

  • Blair Wainman replied

    ...well maybe but wait till you see the next one…...or maybe there’s more than one St. Francis! lol!!!

  • Marion Cullen

    Marion Cullen

    Fabulous macro work, and one of the best natural abstracts I have seen here!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Wow!! Thank you so much Marion for those kind words!!

  • lorilee

    lorilee

    FANTASTIC!!!! What an incredible capture – way to go!!!!!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Lori!! It was amazing to get that close!!

  • Lolabud

    Lolabud

    Wow!!!! What a cool shot!!! You should put it in the Abstracts of Nature group. Really fabulous.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Pam!! I found the group and have uploaded it…see if it flies there!!

  • L J Fraser

    L J Fraser

    Its a truly beautiful photograph..It has theWOW! factor.

    Linda

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Linda!!

  • Lolabud

    Lolabud

    LOL….Love the pun. Betcha there’s a feature in your future!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Pam!! It’s like a miniature of their tail feathers in the macro! ...and got a feature already!

  • Sandy Stewart

    Sandy Stewart

    Great eye for capturing a close up of a Peacock’s back feathers in such a close and detailed view! Amazing lines, colors and texturing! : )

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Sandy!! It was so amazing to get so close! The detail is incredible!!

  • Wendi Donaldson

    Wendi Donaldson

    Fantastic shot, Blair…..thought it was embroidery for a moment. Super luck on your part to get so close to one!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much Wendi!! Yes, it was so fortunate really!!

  • Laoghaire

    Laoghaire

    Wicked wicked wonderful!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you very much!!

  • Jessica Walker

    Jessica Walker

    Your work has been featured in the Group, First Things!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you ever so much for the feature!!! I really appreciate this!!!

  • heeb

    heeb

    Wow! This is beautiful! One of my favorites!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!!! Thanks for the favorite!!

  • Kathy Reid

    Kathy Reid

    What a awesome opportunity, the detail and colour tones are amazing!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you very much Kathy!!

  • Judith Hayes

    Judith Hayes

    Beautiful! No other words…

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!! I’m honored!!

  • jesika

    jesika

    A wonderful, wonderful shot
    j

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!!!

  • joyousmoon

    joyousmoon

    Great capture! Congratulations on your feature!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Pamela!! Thanks for the congrats!!

  • Heavenandus777

    Heavenandus777

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you sooooo much for this wonderful feature!!!

  • Teresa Zieba

    Teresa Zieba

    Congrat my friend on your features in First Things and Super Macro Photography. So well deserved. I’m honored to see my Dandelion Half Gone sitting right next to this incredible shot in super macros. Excellent work Blair.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Teresa!! I’m honored to be alongside of you too!! Now that the internet is functioning again…I’ll pop over and say hi there too!!

  • Vicki OBrien

    Vicki OBrien

    Beautiful natural abstract Blair….congrats on your features

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you very much Vickie!! Much appreciated!!

  • CarolM

    CarolM

    Excellent!!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Carol!!

  • Barry Norton

    Barry Norton

    Stunning shot

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Barry!!

  • Glenna Walker

    Glenna Walker

    Wow…if you hadn’t told us what this was…I would have guessed a pencil shaving design…would have been great for Bubble Jeopardy…great macro of a peacock’s feathers Blair!!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Lol!!! Yea it sure does look like that…I even thought that myself…and I was going to enter it in a Bubble Jeopardy contest but it takes so much time and it’s almost like you have to be on top of it all the time. I’ve had a few busy days now too so took the lazy way out!! Lol!!

  • heeb

    heeb

    Congratulations on your Feature! Well Deserved! It’s beautiful!!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much for your congrats!! Much appreciated!!

  • Ingrid *

    Ingrid *

    how cool had to read on a bit to see what it was there!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much for your kind words!!

  • Ron Fitzgerald

    Ron Fitzgerald

    Simply a magical image, well done

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Ron!! Glad you liked it!!

  • Winston D. Munnings

    Winston D. Mu...

    Great composition

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Winston!!

  • WayoftheWarrior

    WayoftheWarrior

    Awesome detail

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Tony!!

  • Richard G Witham

    Richard G Witham

    Gorgeous! I never would have guessed what these were. The color and detail are stunning.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Richard!! I was fortunate to get so close to get this kind of macro shot!!

  • sendao

    sendao

    amazing shot,great detail!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks so much!!!

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    It is a beautiful natural abstract Blair, the patterns and colours are very pretty!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    It was quite amazing to see. I’d always wanted to see what they looked like up close…and this one gave me the opportunity!

  • gabryshak

    gabryshak

    what a beautiful macro
    ♥t

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!!!

  • gabryshak

    gabryshak

    it’s really quite delightful how it so resembles needlework
    i can see the stitches
    amazing
    thanks
    ♥t

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Quite an amazing pattern really!! Glad you liked it!!

  • LYN EVANS

    LYN EVANS

    My goodness, now that’s close. Incredible capture Blair.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Lyn!! I couldn’t believe that he let me get that close!!

  • FelicityB

    FelicityB

    Brilliant shot!!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much!!

  • nadine henley

    nadine henley

    like everyone else, I’m just in awe of this one, blair!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you Nadine!! I was fortunate to get that close!!

  • GlennB

    GlennB

    Beautiful!! Good title too.

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thanks Glenn!!

  • Maria Moro

    Maria Moro

    please consider one of your artworks for our Patterns in Macro & Extreme close up challenge

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Hmm, I don’t know how I missed this one…but I’ve uploaded it to the group now! Looks interesting!!

  • cebrfa

    cebrfa

    Gorgeous!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you!!

  • Sylvia Gonzales

    Sylvia Gonzales

    OMG!!! This is a Gorgeous Capture!!!! WOW!

  • Blair Wainman replied

    Thank you so much for your great comments!! I appreciate it!!

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