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My 4, Lavender Orpington x SLWs pullets are very much black, with a vivid iridescence but in some lights and, especially when I try to photograph the iridescence, it looks as if there is a highlight in the center of each feather and a duller area around the edge.
Do black birds who also carry the lacing gene commonly show this kind of black-on-black patterning? Or is it a normal trick of light on all-black birds?
The first set of pictures were taken with a flash:
And this one is in natural sunlight.
In person and in a dull light there is no indication of any pattern -- just absolute black with a brilliant green iridescence.
My 4, Lavender Orpington x SLWs pullets are very much black, with a vivid iridescence but in some lights and, especially when I try to photograph the iridescence, it looks as if there is a highlight in the center of each feather and a duller area around the edge.
Do black birds who also carry the lacing gene commonly show this kind of black-on-black patterning? Or is it a normal trick of light on all-black birds?
The first set of pictures were taken with a flash:
And this one is in natural sunlight.
In person and in a dull light there is no indication of any pattern -- just absolute black with a brilliant green iridescence.