Show us your Giraffe Photos

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful S @pomkiwi

[africaaddict]

Martha......hold still!!
It was the breeding season after all.

On this morning and all in close proximity, I counted a tower of 72 Giraffe with the males all having but one thing on their mind.

Loisaba- Northern Kenya

 

Camera  NIKON D5

Lens  AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR

ISO 250

Focal Length  400.0 mm (400.0 mm in 35mm)

Aperture  f/6.3

Exposure Time  0.001s (1/1000)

 

 

 

 

Mum & newborn symmetry

At beautiful first light a mother carefully surveys her surroundings mimicked by her newborn one day old calf.
Loisaba- Nth Kenya

 

Camera  Nikon D5

Lens  AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR

ISO160

Focal Length  400.0 mm (400.0 mm in 35mm)

Aperture  f/5.6

Exposure Time  0.002s (1/500)

 

 

 

A tower of strength

Crouching low to the ground, I counted over 72 Giraffe in the vicinity of this image, of which just a few are shown here, it was mating season and all the males and females had come together to select their partners.

What a morning to winess this beautiful spectacle.

Loisaba- Northern Kenya

 

Camera NIKON D810

Lens  AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

ISO200

Focal Length  28.0 mm (28.0 mm in 35mm)

Aperture  f/16

Exposure Time  0.01s (1/100)

 

 

 

 

The tower of love!

Check out the size difference!! That's a lotta weight this young female has to support.
Loisaba district- Northern Kenya

 

Camera NIKON D5

Lens  AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR

ISO160

Focal Length  400.0 mm (400.0 mm in 35mm)

Aperture  f/6.3

Exposure Time  0.001s (1/1000)

 

 

 

 

One day old.

I love the confident look this 1 day old baby giraffe is giving me, legs splayed and a nice tail swoosh!
Laikipia region- Northern Kenya

 

Camera NIKON D5

Lens  AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR

ISO220

Focal Length  400.0 mm (400.0 mm in 35mm)

Aperture  f/5.6

Exposure Time  0.002s (1/500)

 

 

 

Giraffe dawn.

Kusini plains/Serengeti-  TZ

 

Camera NIKON D4

Lens  80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6

ISO6400

Focal Length  320.0 mm (320.0 mm in 35mm)

Aperture  f/5.6

Exposure Time  0.1s (1/10)

 

 

 

 

Standing vigilant before a lion pride that had just gorged themselves over a buffalo kill.

Hwange NP- ZIM

 

Camera NIKON D5

Lens  AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR

ISO800

Focal Length  320.0 mm (320.0 mm in 35mm)

Aperture  f/10

Exposure Time  0.00063s (1/1600)

 

 

Cheers

Marc

 

 

Edited August 23, 2017 by africaaddict

[The_Norwegian]

Etosha-giraffe. 42 days until i leave for the next adventure! My oh my :-D 

Edited October 5, 2017 by The_Norwegian

[Soukous]

 

 

 

Giraffes in front of the Swartberg mountains, Klein KAroo, South Africa.

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful @Soukous!

[pomkiwi]

Layers

 

 

At Sunset Dam, Kruger National Park. Nikon D500, 80-400mm @320mm, f/10, 1/400sec, ISO 200

[Tom Kellie]

On 1/11/2019 at 4:30 AM, pomkiwi said:

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At Sunset Dam, Kruger National Park. Nikon D500, 80-400mm @320mm, f/10, 1/400sec, ISO 200

 

~ @pomkiwi

 

Thank you for providing the camera settings for the giraffe image above.

 

The smaller giraffe on the right has reduced its overall profile more than any giraffe I've ever seen.

 

I like images like yours, which show less commonly observed behavior.

 

Very nice.

 

Tom K.

 

[Tom Kellie]

 

Reticulated Giraffe on the Samburu Side of the Ewaso Nyiro River

 

 

 

~ Photographed with a Canon EOS 1D X camera mounted with an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens, hand-held, Shutter Priority shooting mode.

 

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya on 3 October, 2014 at 10:57 am, ISO 250, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec.

 

 

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Several Reticulated Giraffe arrived near the Ewaso Nyiro River together. They looked toward the water, but seemed to hesitate.

 

As we observed them, behind us a large group of Helogale parvulu were running about.

 

 

[Tom Kellie]

 

 

Brace Yourself

 

 

~ Photographed with a Canon EOS 1D X camera mounted with an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens, hand-held, Shutter Priority shooting mode.

 

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya on 3 October, 2014 at 10:59 am, ISO 100, f/3.2, 1/2000 sec.

 

 

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For a long, cool drink of water, careful preparation, ample caution, and solid bracing on the wet mud.

 

[SAFARILEGEND]

Different Perspective

[pomkiwi]

A pair of males battle it out in the Timbavati, South Africa

 

 

 

[melproffit]

Botswana 2006

[Soukous]

Klein Karoo, South Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Soukous]

Ndutu, Tanzania

 

 

[Tom Kellie]

 

Reticulated Giraffe Neck

 

 

 

~ Photographed with a Canon EOS 1D X camera mounted with an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II super-telephoto lens, hand-held, Manual shooting mode.

 

Samburu National Reserve, Kenya on 28 April, 2014 at 3:29 pm, ISO 200, f/4, 1/800 sec.

 

 

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I'd never seen a Reticulated Giraffe before. It impressed me then as much as it does now.

[ShirleyD]

 

Rothchild Giraffe - Lake Mburo National Park Uganda 

September 2022 

 

 

 

Canon 7D mark ii and canon EF-S 55-250 mm lens

F 5.6  187mm 1/160 sec ISO 500

Edited October 8, 2022 by ShirleyD