Giraffes sort themselves into compositions if you wait. These two stood above the bushline in summer light, one broadside, one square-on with ears out like signal flags. Everything below the shoulder is hidden in green, which suits them — two necks, two ways of paying attention, and a sky with just enough cloud to not be empty.

Two Necks
Pumba Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa · December 2022
1D X Mark II, 155 millimetres, f 2.8, 1/2000 of a second, ISO 100