An eye for detail

[Steve Kaluski]

Sorry for the title, i didn't want to just put - 'it's a Giraffes eye' :S3:

Occasionally it's nice just to think about a detail of an animal rather than the whole subject, although I am really liking the more wider aspect of things, as per some of the current posting members have made here. Not perhaps the greatest image of this subject, but perhaps a different POV?

Steve
Subject: Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Close-up eye detail
Location: Samburu, Kenya
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/4, 1.4x - handheld
Exposure: 1/1600s at f5.6 ISO 400. 0 stop compensation.
Crop: 87% of original, slight crop (original capture horizontal)

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Steve, very much like the wrinkles in the skin that are so noticeable in this close up. They work as leading lines for me. Nice textures and detail. On my screen I find that the top right corner of the image is very dark and it draws my attention away from the eye a bit..
Nice idea and good to have something different again.
Good job of handholding the 500f4 with a 1.4 tc....
cheers
Grant

[Morkel Erasmus]

certainly a different POV on giraffe Steve...
nice details with the eye on a strong point

how about a B&W? :w3

[Harshad Barve]

one excellent example of eye details , To class
TFS

[Hilary Hann]

I like these sorts of close ups very much. Lovely details.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice intimate close up Steve. Just makes me want to reach out and feel the texture.

[Robert Amoruso]

Nice ROT crop Steve. I agree with you on the URS being too dark.

[Pieter de Waal]

Great detail Steve, like this approach and the comp. Giraffes tend to make good candidates for close-ups.