Sunset giraffe

[Hilary Hann]

Taken on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya late in the day. The original image was quite blue so I used a gradient mask to improve the warmth of the sky.
Taken on a Canon 30D, EF 75-200mm lens at 200mm.
f4 at 1/350 (+0.5); ISO 640

[Bill Dix]

Hilary, a handsome shot. I like the HA and composition, and the detail on the beast.

[William Malacarne]

Hilary

I like the composition on this one. The sky color really helps with the over all look. Was you lens by chance a 70-200 mm, there is an 80-200 but it is a very old lens.

Bill

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Good placement of the giraffe, beautiful sky and great details on the giraffe which help bring out its skin pattern more. Great image!! One thing that distract me a bit is the OOF grass in the foreground, but that just might only be me.

[Hilary Hann]

Bill, yes I used 70-200mm lens, I meant to include that detail.

I need to pay more attention to my dof in many of my images … thanks for all the comments.

[Cheryl Flory]

agree with the above comments about this image being so good. lovely lovely lovely sunrise photo!! I really like the angle and cropping.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Hilary - Like this a lot - lovely colours in the sky - good pose and HA on Mr Giraffe.
The OOF grass in the foreground is a little distracting - would have been good to see the feet.
Good show :)

[Hilary Hann]

Lance, in this situation by moving I would have ended up with lots of hills and vegetation in the background, in your opinion would it be best to leave a relatively clean background or go for the feet?

[Lance Peters]

In that case - I would do what you have - as Mr Jagger once said "You Cant always get what you want"

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Hilary,
This is a sweet image, the colors are special, I like the quality of the soft light...I like this as presented...well done...:cool:

[Hilary Hann]

Thank you Gus, that means a lot to me.

[Kyle Marie Barcelos]

Very Beautiful shot, i like the colors and comp, the whole mood is nice, makes me feel like I'm there:D

[Hilary Hann]

thank you Kyle Marie, that is a nice compliment, much appreciated.