An early morning game drive, deliver up these photos. with the Kruger Gate opening before sunrise, the first encounter we had was this giraffe. I took the shots not knowing what to expect… for that matter not even giving much thought to camera settings. It was such a beautiful sight to see this lone giraffe having an early morning snack… I hardly remembered these photos taken last year and came across them last night when paging through photos, looking for those that I had taken of Bushbuck… I just felt that today I should share them…
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 
Wonderful pictures 🙂
Thank you,, they came out well…
I love giraffes…there are never enough photos of these cool creatures. Thanks for sharing!!!
I love them too.. but don’t take nearly enough photos of them…
Love the mood and shading of these photographs. Inspires thoughts of romantic giraffes. lol Seriously, very soothing and sweet. 🙂
I have never thought of capturing this type of photo before… but will be on the look out for it again…
Lovely pics! How can people hunt them and stuff them as trophys?
I agree with you Mraco… they are so much better when walking free…
Turn them into a couple of man eaters and let them at the hunters, ha ha.
I wish the Rhino could win the battle they are having… I’d love to post a photo of a Rhino with a poacher on the end of his horn….
I’d pay good money to see that – but the real thing – a photo can be photoshopped – hmmm, there’d s thought
Now you’ve given me an idea…
Ditto 🙂
wonderful evocative photos 🙂
evocative?… yes … something different?… yes…. did I know they would turn out this way?… No… a discovery you want to repeat?…Oh Yes… but it will probably never happen again… thanks for the look in… hows the PhD going…??
ask tomorrow night – gardening today 😀
Go for it…
They are fantastic!
Thanks for the comment…
Those are great silhouettes along with the subtle warm colors from the sunrise in the background. Very nice!
Thanks one of those quick shots that just happened to turn out right…
Oh bulldog — these are just unbelievable. So artistic…the silhouette effect — stunning! Just to see a wild giraffe is enough magic for me — but the way you caught these — like etchings… Trying to pick favorites and I am having trouble — shots 2 and 4 maybe — but all just breathtaking~ Bravo to you!!! Much Love!! xo
Thanks Robyn… as I’ve just written to Gina.. this is something I don’t normally do… wait for the sunrise, then begin… as Linda only discovered these the other night, I have now seen the potential… and in future will be looking for these opportunities…
To me the results are simply beautiful. I think you captured the magnificence of these great creatures.
Thanks Gina.. its funny when we get into the park early, I normally wait to try to capture the sunrise and then think of photos… for some unknown reason I took these shots before the sunrise… probably just over anxious to shoot something… and this is the result only discovered months later… but from now on, it will be something that I will remember having now seen the result of these…
I admire you for having the tenacity to get up before the sunrise. Can’t wait to see more … hint 🙂
Can’t seem to sleep past 4am… so it’s easy kick the rest of the family out of bed and off we go…
You really are talented, Bulldog!
Thank you… but this to be honest was a set of photos taken without realising what the result would be..till last night…
What a fantastic set of images!! Does it take your breath away when you see something like that in person???
This did strike me as unusual when we saw it , consequently the photo… but to be quite honest the full beauty is more in the photo and was actually only realised last night when Linda and I were going through some of the photos. She spotted it as I flashed through and asked where it came from.. so I think the photo is more stunning than the actual sighting.. They struck us as stunning last night although taken last year.. but they are stunning we agree…
Very nice!
Thank you..
Beautiful!!! My favourite is the first photo. I keep staring at it over and over :).
Thanks… I never really saw the potential in these till last night…
Fantastic!
Thanks ..
What a magical photo. So nice to wake up to this.
(If I’m not around this coming week, it’s because internet here is so sparse, it takes me at least 5 minutes to open one post. I’ll catch up whenI get home.)
When I go to my son in Kathu it is the same… takes me hours to get through my emails forget about all the blogs…enjoy and thanks for the comment…