GIRAFFE BIRTH

The mother giraffe is making her first inspection of her new born. Some of the not yet fully discharged afterbirth can be seen draping from the mother. This i...
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The mother giraffe is making her first inspection of her new born. Some of the not yet fully discharged afterbirth can be seen draping from the mother. This is a composite photo. The birth took place at the St. Louis Zoo. I have relocated the image of her and her baby to the type of setting where giraffe exist naturally in the wild--in this case Samburu NP in Kenya. In addition to attempting to match the color tones I have also copied and pasted some of the surrounding vegetation on to the feet so as to make it seem more believable. To further add to the illusion I have darkened the vegetation on the ground where I would expect her shadow to be. Sadly, giraffe numbers in the wild have plummeted considerably in the past two decades, and as a group are now officially listed as vulnerable to extinction.
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