Giraff taxi

[BenBotha]

Canon 40D
100-400 L IS
F8
Iso 400

[Stu Bowie]

Ben, good comp, and I like how the three oxpeckers are evenly spaced on the giraffe's neck. Looks like the big guy has a bit of a skin problem.

[Peter Farrell]

very cool image Ben. A pretty unusual perch and a bird species I have never seen. TFS.
Closest I've seen to this is a red-winged Blackbird on the back of a Deer.
Peter

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cool! I find the top bird close to the edge and would have actually prefered the comp with just two lower birds - but three is what you had to work with. If you add back some canvas top and right you'll end up with too much giraffe, tough to compose this one.

[Craig Brelsford]

A most unusual bird-in-habitat shot, but then a most unusual bird. Your title, "Giraff taxi," is a bit misleading, because it implies that the oxpeckers were merely hitching a ride on the giraffe, when actually they spend nearly all their lives on the backs of large mammals.

[BenBotha]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. All are apprecited. A dose of skin lotion would have helped the giraffe.

Ben