Reticulated giraffes in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve are always alert to predators, and a leopard in the area can make them visibly uneasy. They will stand tall, scanning the bush with their excellent vision, and may even stare fixedly in the direction of a hidden leopard, sometimes giving away the big cat’s location to other animals on the savanna. And to our guide and us. We knew the leopard was in the area and hiding somewhere in the thick bushes. The giraffes non-wavering gaze gave us our starting point. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1400, f/5.6 at 1/2000th of a second.
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Reticulated giraffes in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve are always alert to predators, and a leopard in the area can make them visibly uneasy. They will stand tall, scanning the bush with their excellent vision, and may even stare fixedly in the direction of a hidden leopard, sometimes giving away the big cat’s location to other animals on the savanna. And to our guide and us. We knew the leopard was in the area and hiding somewhere in the thick bushes. The giraffes non-wavering gaze gave us our starting point. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1400, f/5.6 at 1/2000th of a second.
What a lovely giraffe-sentry image. Well done, Sean!
Looks like they’re looking at us! Great capture!
Wow, look at the different black markings on their ears—beautiful. @Sean: is this how guides tell them apart? Are they equivalent to fingerprints?
On another note, in what is an exhausting year of news and what-not, your daily email is a moment of reliable joy.