Running Giraffe

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 31, 2014103 views3 comments

Really loping might be more appropriate, I have always found Giraffe to be a difficult subject as you just cannot really capture their grace and beauty in a still shot. Hopefully this is not to bad?

Taken in Nxai Pan, Botswana, tons of Giraffe there, thankfully the Lions have not taken to eating them.

EOS 1D MkIV
70-200 mm F2.8 MkII at 160 mm
F 8
ISO 400
1/1600

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 31, 2014 at 6:14 PM

I like the raised tail here Ken, nice capture. I think if the legs were spread out more in a different position it would show the running better if that was your goal.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on May 31, 2014 at 10:37 PM

I agree that giraffes can be difficult to photograph. Getting them all in an image means that you are pretty far away and lose some of the intimacy. Nice capture.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on June 1, 2014 at 3:44 AM

Nate,
This was the nearest I could get to having all 4 feet off of the ground, and also in other images the tail was not as visible because of the background bushes

Jerry.

Thanks for your comment

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