Black and White Giraffe
Apparently this is a Masai Giraffe, taken in Sandani Game Reserve, Tanzania, 10th September.
As a result of the standard driver incompetance we never really got to a good position and it was moving at a reasonable pace.
EOS 1D MkIV
500mm F4 IS hand held from open game viewing vehicle
F5.0, ISO 800, 1/1600
Ken,
The tall trees next to the giraffe help to accentuate its height. To bad your driver was not more adept at getting you into a good position.
Thanks for posting.
Giraffes are such artistic looking animals I think one wants to take as many photos as possible to show all the different ways of seeing this creature. I like that you captured the moving legs. As for the game drivers, sometimes I just want to grab the steering wheel myself!
Nice image Ken. As you mentioned light seems to be the issue. Hope you get another chance to shoot him in good light.
Thanks for the comments, I posted this mainly because of the oddity of the Giraffes colouring and I have been asked many times in the past to post a B & W:D
It is a fact of life that many drivers have absolutely no idea when it comes to positioning, I should have learned to live with it by now.
Luckily I know at least 5 driver/guides who know what they are doing, including my wife :)
Interesting colouring Ken. It does appear that the Masai sub species of giraffe have a tendency to get really dark patches which makes them quite different. This one in particular seems to have little of the chestnut colour in him. Shame about the driver. :( Although in Sandani I imagine that they don't have an excess of avid photographers for the drivers to get practise with.
Your certainly not wrong there, I went there at the suggestion of Rolf Baldus (one of the founders). It will be far more interesting in 10 years.Originally Posted by Hilary Hann
Ken, are you putting a report about the park here at all? I would find it most interesting as it is not a place I've heard much about.
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