After an exciting morning following wild dogs on their hunt, the pace of the day changed completely when this giraffe was encountered. It was being persistently bothered by flies — using its long, dextrous tongue to try and clear them from around its nose with the kind of focused, repetitive effort that suggests the flies were winning. It is a very ordinary problem for a very extraordinary animal. The high-key treatment was a deliberate choice — overexposing slightly to lift the tones and reveal the texture of the fur and skin in detail that a standard exposure would lose. The result is a portrait that is as much about surface and structure as it is about the animal itself. Print Details Printed on museum-grade fine art paper using archival pigment inks with a 100+ year lifespan Generous white border for easy framing Limited edition — signed, numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity Shipped unframed in protective, eco-friendly packaging Carbon-neutral printing and packaging 10% of every sale supports Botswana Predator Conservation and African wildlife conservation Available Sizes Small: 12" x 8" | 305 x 203mm | Editions of 25 Medium: 24" x 16" | 609 x 406mm | Editions of 15 Large: 36" x 24" | 914 x 609mm | Editions of 10 X-Large: 60" x 40" | 1524 x 1016mm | Editions of 5 About This Image Location: Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana Photographer: Devon Jenkin Encountered after a morning following wild dogs, this giraffe was using its tongue to deal with flies around its nose — a mundane problem rendered in extraordinary detail by the high-key monochrome treatment. The lifted tones reveal the texture of the fur and the structure of the face in a way that colour photography rarely achieves.
