Giraffe Silhouettes

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 4, 2015226 views19 comments

A Giraffe and her calf silhouetted at sunrise on the open plains of the Mara North Conservancy in Kenya captured during one of the photo safaris I led this past June. We were on our way to the main reserve for a full day when we saw these beautiful animals on the horizon. Had to stop . . .

EOS 1D Mark IV - EF70-200mm f2.8L IS II USM - 200mm - 1/1250sec @ f8.0 - ISO 250

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19 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 4, 2015 at 1:13 PM

The lighting in the sky is wonderful, Mario, with the giraffe silhouettes completing the story and setting the location.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on July 4, 2015 at 3:03 PM

The sky and baby giraffe make this shot IMHO. Well done as always.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on July 4, 2015 at 3:21 PM

Mario: the background alone was worth a shot. Having the pair of giraffes in it makes it exceptional. Richard

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on July 4, 2015 at 4:12 PM

Wonderfully simple, Mario.

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on July 4, 2015 at 5:36 PM

Love the colors and graphical quality of this image.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on July 5, 2015 at 2:23 AM

The angles of light and your signature use of color make this a genuine grabber. Great composition, too! devil

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 5, 2015 at 3:35 PM

Hey Mario,

Just beautiful.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on July 5, 2015 at 5:24 PM

Mario, the varied pastel tones in the sky are lovely. I think they give the "African silhouettescape" a totally different look.

Max

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Comment posted by Butch Lama on July 5, 2015 at 8:53 PM

Very striking... Amazing back ground to compliment the Giraffe with silhouettes. Its a wall hanger!!!

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on July 6, 2015 at 1:12 AM

Lovely Mario. Love the diagonals rays of lights. The giraffe's face gazing into the frame adds a lot of interest.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Clinton Bauder on July 6, 2015 at 6:29 PM

Wow. Just lovely. I liked it more the more I looked at it. Some terrific details like the eyelashes on the mother giraffe. devil

Clinton

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Comment posted by William Bickle on July 9, 2015 at 2:34 PM

Hello Mario SWEET !

Thanks for sharing

Bill

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on July 10, 2015 at 2:28 PM

The rays in the lightly colored sky make a great backdrop for their silhouettes.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 11, 2015 at 8:50 AM

Mario,

Great capture

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on July 12, 2015 at 9:43 PM

Lovely shot!

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 12, 2015 at 10:31 PM

Mario,
Well seen and presented image,
Congratulations on the WP . . . devil

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Comment posted by Joe James on July 18, 2015 at 12:32 AM

So, so, so nice Mario! No improvement needed, this is just gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on July 26, 2015 at 2:19 PM

I can' imagine why you thought you had to stop enlightened

Super shot, Mario!

Grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 28, 2015 at 12:07 AM

Congrats Mario devil

A simply stunning photograph!

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