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Giraffe in the high arid desert, Palmwag Nature Reserve, Namibia. Enjoyed photographing these desert-adapted giraffes drifting through the spiky vegetation in t...
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Giraffe in the high arid desert, Palmwag Nature Reserve, Namibia. Enjoyed photographing these desert-adapted giraffes drifting through the spiky vegetation in this high, arid place, with the purple hills in the background. The guide I was with wasn't impressed with the location - "too much green" - but I loved it.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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Aperture f/6.3 ISO 640 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 400/1

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Dec, 2017

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