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nina050

Reaching for the Sky

Reaching for the Sky

A lone male Maasai giraffe reaches for the tender leaves at the top of an acacia tree, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

A lone male Maasai giraffe reaches for the tender leaves at the top of an acacia tree, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 800 Shutter 10/25000 Focal Length 4200/10

location

location

Tanzania

upload_date

May, 2021

Views

1802

Likes

+302

Awards

Winner in That Amazing Giraffe Photo Challenge

Achievement in Originality

Top Pick Award

Staff Favorite

Halfway22 Award

Curator's Selection

Runner Up in Tracking Wildlife Photo Contest

Winner in LAST VACATION MEMORIES Photo Challenge

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Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

+32

Top Choice

+16

Superb Composition

+16

Magnificent Capture

+15

Virtuoso

+2

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Superior Skill

Genius

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perfect composition and timing.

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Your composition is spot on. This is so Africa..

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Wow !! Amazing capture!!! Would be perfect on a book cover !!!

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Voted Image of the Month

Wow! Absolutely amazing. It must have been so fun to photograph these beautiful animals and lovely landscape.

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Fantastic find and capture. I love giraffes and this is so Africa!

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This is an all around great shot.

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Fantastic

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Congrats well done. Love your portfolio. Excellent

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Congratulations on your win Nina. Wonderful image.

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Gorgeous capture

Amazing!

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Congrats for receiving a contest award for this gorgeous capture!!! So well deserved (and more!!!) : )

Congratulations! Gorgeous shot!

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Love this shot!

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Great shot!!

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Nice photo,beautiful composition

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Congratulations Nina on winning "That Amazing Giraffe" challenge! I did struggle with this one because I had a few favorites, but ultimately I couldn't resist this photo! It's an Amazing capture!! Thank you so much for entering my challenge! I love this!!

Congratulations!

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Wow, just perfect

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Beautiful! Congrats on your challenge win!!

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