Hey all, just starting to wade through my collection of pics from the xmas break, and have to put this one up first. Will have to get around to putting up a gallery at some stage.
Giraffe lick
This guy was giving a talk on the giraffes, and finished by saying he felt lucky to have only had 3 concussions in 4 years. The size of the head on the thing looks like it could give you quite a headbutt!
Sigma 50-500 f/4-6.3 @ 85mm, f/8, 1/320th, ISO200.
Comments?
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Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
G'day Skip,
That is a great shot! It gives the feeling of a real bond between the keeper and the animal... With a head like that, it's lucky the Giraffe seems to be quite a placid, gentle animal. When I recently went to the Werribee open plains zoo, the guide told us that a few weeks beforehand, the giraffe wandered over to the ute we were all on the back of, and went to pick up a young girl by her hair, but immediately stopped and ran away when she screamed (she was only a youngster)... Apparently the young girl washed her hair in green apple shampoo that morning and it smelt yummy to the giraffe  Wish I'd seen it, that would have been a funny shot. I'm not too sure who would have got the biggest fright, the young girl or the giraffe...
Great stuff, really enjoyed the shot... Thanks for posting... Cheers, Mudder Aka Andrew
Great fun...
Terrific grab skippy
- thanx for posting
Trevor
Love the intimacy of this shot skippy. A lick for an apple - lose your head for a carrot.
Chris Chris
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Glad you guys like it. Took quite a few of this giraffe, but as a captured moment this was by far the best one. Not sure about the technical merits, but the capture was great!
Was good being able to show the keeper too - can't beat digital! Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
Always keep in mind Skippy that some of the most famous photos ever taken were on the spur of the moment and technically the shots are terrible but in saying that a moment in history would have been lost if the photographer started worrying about technical details.
Chris Chris
-------------------------------- I started my life with nothing and I’ve still got most of it left
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