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Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 19 March 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

From the VF archives: This big tall guy came pretty close to our safari van at Lake Nakuru National Park. For the next few days, we're going to spend some BW time in Kenya with even bigger folks than Stretch.

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Comments (24)

e. from New York, NY, United States

It's so... CUTE! Which is really an odd word for a giraffe, but it is. Wonderful capture. :) I can't wait to see pictures from your time in Kenya!

19 Mar 2008 5:53am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

That's an excellent image of a giraffe in the wild.

19 Mar 2008 6:55am

Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States

WONDERFUL ... every time I see a shot of a giraffe, I laugh.

When our children were little, each of them had an animal nickname and 'Daddy' called me his Ladybug.
They called their father the giraffe, because to them, his 6' 3" frame looked like that of a giraffe!

19 Mar 2008 8:14am

Tricia from Melbourne, Australia

ooooh. i think God is so cool to make giraffes because they've such long necks. (:

19 Mar 2008 9:38am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Great shot! Looking forward to more!

19 Mar 2008 9:54am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Excellent black and white work.

19 Mar 2008 10:28am

Kerri from Blacksburg, United States

What a fabulous experience!! To see this in the WILD. WOW!
GREAT SHOT!!!

PS. I posted a Downy Woodpecker for you today. You will be able to see the difference between the
Red-Bellied (from yesterday) and the Downy. The Downy is a LOT smaller than the Red-Beliied, however that may not be noticable in the shots.

19 Mar 2008 11:12am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Well Spotted lol well, someone had to say it ;) it's extremely grand!

19 Mar 2008 12:15pm

DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom

Lovely shot, i think it could use a bit more contrast though!

19 Mar 2008 12:24pm

@DaveB: Probably could. Hazy day in real-time color, and I think some of that haze came through, esp. in the background. Processing-wise, I didn't do anything beyond converting this to BW.

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Quebec, Canada

Nice one of the dangling movement!

19 Mar 2008 12:24pm

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Excellent and the B&W is perfect

19 Mar 2008 1:02pm

Chris from South Jersey, United States

Very nice in b&w - the giraffe has some nice contrast against the hazy background. Can't wait to see the rest of your shots...

19 Mar 2008 2:13pm

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

That is so cool. I wish I could be there.

19 Mar 2008 2:26pm

Reza from Montreal, Canada

Wow! This is wonderful. and B&W works here very well.

19 Mar 2008 2:47pm

MJ from Delaware, United States

aren't safari's wonderful???? great capture...and kenya is so beautiful

19 Mar 2008 6:00pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Pretty dang cool VF!!! Bring them on.. love archives.

Loved your joke today... you're a funny guy VF LOL!!!

19 Mar 2008 6:25pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Nice caption showing a lot of depth and action. The black and white effect works well as it highlights the markings on the giraffe well and the flamingos in the background.

19 Mar 2008 9:34pm