Love is in the Air

Image Critiques Wildlife Critiques
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Here’s a photo of young male giraffes exhibiting the Flehman response. The young female paid them no attention.

What technical feedback would you like if any? Any and all.

What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any and all.

Pertinent technical details or techniques: Nikon D 500 and 80-400 at 1/500, f/8 and ISO 200.

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2

Love the expressions and the story too !
Ideally, would have loved the lower POV so that the hill-line wasn’t cutting faces or near faces. The sky had some interesting clouds, more of it would have increased the appeal.
A touch more canvas on the LHS would help the image.

3

Wonderful behavior and excellent depth of field, Richard. Was this taken from a safari vehicle? It would have been nice to get either a touch further away or a touch closer to keep the skyline from being so close to their heads, but there’s not much you can do when someone else is driving.

4

Shooting funny moments requires patience and a feel for it. Well done, it makes me smile :slight_smile:

5

Hi Richard, really nice interaction you captured and I like the tones of this image and the sky. Nits already mentioned but this is a very fine capture.

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@ Dennis: yes, was seated in a safari vehicle, thus no ability to change position. Richard