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Mar 13, 2020 12:41:54 #

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

Earnest Botello wrote:

Very good series, Frank, but did you find any Giraffes?

Thanks Earnest ... & to answer your question ... nope ... not yet ... but I'm still looking. Stay tuned. ;)

Mar 13, 2020 13:48:24 #

FramerMCB Loc: Northern, ID (formerly Portland, OR area)

All are very nice images. #6 and #8 I find particularly stunning. Thank you for sharing!

Mar 13, 2020 14:37:21 #

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

FramerMCB wrote:

All are very nice images. #6 and #8 I find particularly stunning. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for that ... very nice of you to highlight those shots ... I appreciate it.

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Mar 13, 2020 14:45:53 #

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

All excellent downloads and compositions Frank. Such beautiful animals.

Mar 13, 2020 14:48:35 #

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

Sylvias wrote:

All excellent downloads and compositions Frank. Such beautiful animals.

Thank you Sylvias ... that's very kind of you to say. As always, I appreciate the visit & comments. And I look forward to seeing your shots.

Mar 13, 2020 15:41:44 #

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

fbeaston wrote:

I've always had a thing for Giraffes ... they are ... (show quote)

"All the parts are stretched & elongated, yet they seem to come together in a majestic fashion." And yet some idiots want to hunt them down and kill them!

Very nice suite of pix!

bwa

Mar 13, 2020 15:45:10 #

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

bwana wrote:

"All the parts are stretched & elongated, yet they seem to come together in a majestic fashion." And yet some idiots want to hunt them down and kill them!

Very nice suite of pix!

bwa

Thanks for the visit & comments bwa. Appreciate it. I recently read that 3 very rare White Giraffes were killed in Kenya ... sadly, those would have been something really special to photograph.

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Mar 13, 2020 16:09:44 #

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

fbeaston wrote:

Thanks for the visit & comments bwa. Appreciate it. I recently read that 3 very rare White Giraffes were killed in Kenya ... sadly, those would have been something really special to photograph.

I saw that article also; very sad!

bwa

Mar 13, 2020 16:14:36 #

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

bwana wrote:

I saw that article also; very sad!

bwa

Tragic ... nothing but a total tragic loss. So I'll second your motion ... very, very sad.

Mar 13, 2020 16:49:41 #

Hereford Loc: Palm Coast, FL

What a nice set of superb Reticulated Giraffe shots. How did you get the five in the last shot so evenly spaced. I was never able to do that even with cattle, yet alone Giraffes.

Mar 13, 2020 17:15:23 #

rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

fbeaston wrote:

I've always had a thing for Giraffes ... they are ... (show quote)

Good enough to make ANYONE love giraffes!

Mar 13, 2020 17:18:20 #

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Very nice set, Frank. Particularly like 6 and 8. Great memories.

Mar 13, 2020 17:40:51 #

merrytexan Loc: georgia

fbeaston wrote:

I've always had a thing for Giraffes ... they are ... (show quote)

outstanding shots of those beautiful giraffes!

Mar 13, 2020 20:26:51 #

Bluefish Loc: Berks County, PA

You sure got to see your share. Thanks so much for posting. Fascinating animals.

Mar 13, 2020 20:28:05 #

fbeaston Loc: Vermont

Hereford wrote:

What a nice set of superb Reticulated Giraffe shots. How did you get the five in the last shot so evenly spaced. I was never able to do that even with cattle, yet alone Giraffes.

Thanks for that comment ... you reminded me that I did not highlight in my post, that there are several kinds of giraffes. However, to be honest, while I think we saw 2 if not 3 types, & I think I could tell the difference sometimes, I wasn't sure. So I simply said giraffes ... good catch.

As for the shot it self ... hmmmm ... well, I could tell you that after studying the situation for some time, then doing some extended scouting ... followed by days of waiting for just the right shot ... but that would be BS ... the real story is dumb luck. We had just left Ol Pejeta on the start of the long trip home, when we spied these guys grazing on some tree tops ... so we quickly stopped & took a few exposures. And while I'm being totally honest, I will say that for the most part, I've done relatively light handed post processing on all my shots. However in this shot, if I were being totally honest, there was a very ugly fence between the camera & the giraffes ... which I did remove in PP, hence the darker strip of grass between me & the giraffes. I thought about taking that out, but it was too heavy handed for my taste, I left it in.

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