Giraffe Sunset

[Rachel Hollander]

I guess this one qualifies for this month's theme. Taken in the Timbavati Game Reserve, South Africa on my recent trip. The bird is on oxpecker. I don't normally like squarish crops but did one here to crop out part of a tree that I didn't like. Underexposed in the field to augment the silhouette effect and the colors of the sunset sky.

Canon 5D3
70-200 II @ 200mm
1/500
f11 (to get the silhouette of the tree sharp too that I wound up cropping out)
ISO 800
HH from safari vehicle, cropped, curves, color adjustments, sharpened in PSCC.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[John Mack]

Nice colors here. The square crop works well. Like the bird on the neck.

[Glenn Pure]

This works very well Rachel. Seems you are branching out with different treatments these days. I do like the oxpecker and the open mouth on the giraffe showing the tooth in sihouette. Colours are great. Composition work... but could imagine a range of possibilities with a shot like this (without knowing what else is in the frame).

[Gabriela Plesea]

Lovely image Rachel, this one I would print and hang on my dining room wall - the presence of the little oxpecker would make a nice topic for conversation!

Wonderful warm colours and framing works for me. I wouldn't change anything here, I like it as presented.
Love your experiments, very inspiring - thank you so much for sharing

Kind regards,

[haseeb badar]

Hi Rachel -- I really liked this image , the silhouette of the bird really adds to the scene. These Giraffes makes a good case for these kind of images. Liked the colours in the sky as well. And the squarish crop works in this case.
Nicely done .

TFS !

[Rachel Hollander]

Thank you John, Glenn, Gabriela and Haseeb. I'm glad you all like this one.

[Bill Dix]

Good one, Rachel. Lovely silhouette with gorgeous colors, and the oxpecker is a nice touch.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Rachel, Sorry for being late on this one. A fine image well executed and processed. I like the clear silhouette of the Oxpecker especially. Well done. Great colours & techs.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Bill and Sanjeev, much appreciated.