Pouting Giraffe

[Morkel Erasmus]

http://i578.photobucket.com/albums/ss230/Lekrom777/giraffeportraitdawn.jpg

I found this giraffe in the Augrabies National Park in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, pouting for me in sweet morning light.

Canon 1000D with Tamron 70-300mm Di Tele-Macro @ 238mm
f8.0 @ 1/1600 @ ISO 400

All comments most welcome!

[Alfred Forns]

Agree on removing the extra catch light Might select the light area under the ear and on top of eye and multiply !!

I like the pose, soft light and blue bg !!!! Really nice Not a big fan of dark frames they seem to take away from image but just personal preference !! Excellent image !!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Stunning light on the tall guy Morkel, and you have exposed the colours nicely. Difficult to come up with an acceptable comp, as a full body shot seems a bit boring, so we tend to zoom in on their heads, as you have. I agree to remove one of the catchlights.

[Todd Frost]

Nice light and expression on the giraffe.

Todd

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks for viewing and commenting Peter, Todd, Stu & Alfred!

Here is the rework without the black dot and double catchlight:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/metanoyarock/giraffeportraitdawnedit.jpg

[Mark Dumbleton]

Repost much better Morkel. super light here, just wish for a slightly better head angle! Well done bud!

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks Mark! don't we usually wish for a better angle...

[Steve Canuel]

What did you say to upset him :) Repost looks real good.

[Morkel Erasmus]

thanks Steve - hard to remember but I think it was something about her mother ;)