Giraffe in the Rain — Pumba Game Reserve, South Africa

A giraffe stands on a wet dirt track in falling rain with its tongue out, a second giraffe feeding in the bush at right. — Giraffe in the Rain
Pumba Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa · December 2022
1D X Mark II, 100 millimetres, f 4.5, 1/500 of a second, ISO 800

December rain, and nobody minded but me.

It rained most of that December, and the animals simply got on with it. This giraffe held the middle of the track, tongue out, coat dark with water, while another kept feeding in the bush beside the road. You can see the drizzle against the treeline. I spent more time wiping the front element than framing.

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Part of Pumba, a series.