Giraffe Breakfast

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 26, 201677 views5 comments

A family of giraffes feed on a camelthorn tree in the dry Auob riverbed of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa.
This is one of several of my photos screened at the BioPhoto festival in Budoia, Italy, this past weekend. The theme for this year's contest was "Deserts" and 7 of my images were awarded with commendations.

Techs:
Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 44mm
Circular Polariser
f4.0 | 1/250 SS | ISO-250

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on September 26, 2016 at 9:42 AM

Nice staggering positions here, Morkel. Well seen. I love the subtle blue in that sky too.

Admittedly, I had a hard time seeing what was happening with the second giraffe from the right. I thought it was wearing a wig for a moment. enlightened

Max

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on September 26, 2016 at 9:50 AM

Really unique capture. It's as if they are lining up waiting their turn.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 26, 2016 at 10:39 AM

Really nice, Morkel. I especially appreciate the quality of light and color. My only nit is a very minor one, that the middle of the background animals is standing in line with the far distant horizon tree, and the head tends to merge a little. Again, I really like the light here, softly lifting the giraffes from the darker shadowed background.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 29, 2016 at 3:54 PM

Thanks folks...
Good point Lon!

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 2, 2016 at 10:45 AM

I like this a lot Morkel, neat composition and use of a wider lens, good behavior captured too.. devil

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