Up Close, Giraffe

[Khaos]

.
http://khaos.smugmug.com/photos/21864309-L.jpg


http://khaos.smugmug.com/photos/23260296-L.jpg


http://khaos.smugmug.com/photos/21864308-L.jpg


http://khaos.smugmug.com/photos/23260312-L.jpg

[Eric&Susan]

Interesting views. I like the perspective on 2 the best. I like how you have taken a different approach to these.


Eric

[bfjr]

I dig the 3rd and last one, got that tongue action going on :thumb

[Harryb]

#1 and #3 do it for me. :thumb Looking forward to seeing more close-ups.

[Khaos]

Interesting views. I like the perspective on 2 the best. I like how you have taken a different approach to these.


Eric
Thank you.

My approach\interest has been to show different close ups of animals that only show a small part but still allows the viewer to unmistakenly know what the animal is. For giraffes we all know the long neck and legs and the patterns of the fur, but we don't realize that we also recognize something like the nose, mouth and tongue.

I also like to show different perspectives of the animal. Like shooting down the neck of the giraffe or showing how large their heads actually are.

I use telephotos as close as the minimal focus will allow me to get detailed shots rather than cropping. I tend to use B&W in processing to show detail and prevent common recognized colors from biasing the view.

I've been experimenting a lot with this idea and I'll be posting at some time nothing but hooves, paws, whatever. B&W closeups of parts of animals we seem to dismiss but are distinctly unique and beautiful in their own way. We just never seem to really see them even though we look right at them when observing the whole.