Tongue twister

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I was quiet amazed to see how long a giraffe's tongue is! This fellow made all sorts of faces at Ruaha. Light was quiet from the side so did recover some HLs from the ear.
7D II
100-400 II @ 360mm
1/1000
f/8
ISO 800

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev ... yes they can be comical at times with there tongue . Head shaking and tongue twisting together is looking great .... in the field , but very difficult to get it all in one frame .
You handled the strong sidelight quite well and you processed some nice detail in the fur . Comp does work and even if the BG is a bit busy it does look nicely separated due to the colors of the foliage .
Not sure about the colors , a tiny bit too saturated in the shadows for my taste , i think i would drop the red and oranges a bit and see how it looks .
Again the blacks does look a bit too strong in parts , for sure just my thought , you might think it does look right , no problem .

TFS Andreas

[haseeb badar]

Hi Sanjeev -- Looks really funny , i have seen this behaviour but was not able to capture it . You did quiet well to capture the moment . Agree with what Andreas had to say abt the saturation in the shadows looks a tad strong and so do the blacks but it is marginal . Nice one though .

TFS !

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - I love when giraffes make faces and your timing was good here. Techs also look good. Good advice from Andreas. I agree with his critique.

TFS,
Rachel