A very cooperative giraffe

[Mike Buckley]

This is not a special photo but it is the only decent photo I got of a giraffe in the wild on my recent trip to South Africa. Every time we came upon giraffes, I had the wrong lens on my camera. I thought it was quite nice of the giraffe to turn its head straight toward me and to stand in front of a group of trees that provided such nice framing.

One time we came upon five giraffes very close together at dusk in a scene that reminded me of the scene in Jurassic Park with the tall dinosaurs (I can't remember the name of the species). I simply put down my camera and enjoyed being there. The idyllic scene impacted me so strongly that our friends gave us a parting gift to help me always remember it.

[Donald]

That picture is made for a caption competition.

"I think this is my best side. You may take your picture now."

[Mike Buckley]

It seemed that that was about the only way I was going to get a decent photo of a giraffe on this trip.

[Geoff F]

Cropping tighter may give more impact to your main subject. But this version gives a better impression of height.

[Brownbear]

beautiful.. thank you for sharing

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you to Christina and Geoff.

Cropping tighter may give more impact to your main subject. But this version gives a better impression of height.

This is the type of photo that has many viable crops within the original capture. I went with the in-camera version at least for now because I wanted to show both the height and the animal's environment.

[Wavelength]

Really beautiful...isn't it?

Regards