Gerenuks are native to northern parts of Kenya — one of the main reasons I like to combine a trip to the Masai Mara in the south with Samburu in the north for a greater variety of species. Gerenuks are often called giraffe-necked antelopes and you can see why. This is a male, as evidenced by the horns. Very interesting looking animals and fun to watch eat as they stand on their hind legs to get as tall as possible to reach the higher foliage (I’ll post one of those shots soon). Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/800th of a second.
It’s my first comment but, I had to thank you for all the gorgeous photographs. I always look forward to seeing anything you post, you always put a smile in my day. Thank you and keep up the tremendous job you are doing. Liliane 🙂
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Gerenuks are native to northern parts of Kenya — one of the main reasons I like to combine a trip to the Masai Mara in the south with Samburu in the north for a greater variety of species. Gerenuks are often called giraffe-necked antelopes and you can see why. This is a male, as evidenced by the horns. Very interesting looking animals and fun to watch eat as they stand on their hind legs to get as tall as possible to reach the higher foliage (I’ll post one of those shots soon). Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/800th of a second.
Beautiful!
Beautiful markings inside this guy’s ears. Do they all have this interesting characteristic?
They do. Quite interesting animals all the way around.
So alert. Looks like he wants to chat.
Ha, I can see that.
Fantastic portrait. Color, focus, balance, light-amazing shot Sean!
Thanks Michael. Missing Africa already.
It’s my first comment but, I had to thank you for all the gorgeous photographs. I always look forward to seeing anything you post, you always put a smile in my day. Thank you and keep up the tremendous job you are doing. Liliane 🙂
Thank you Lilianne, I really appreciate your continued support. Many more creatures on the way.
I LOVE this portrait! So perfectly balanced. Is this a small antelope? It looks very sweet, dainty almost. Lovely.
They are actually fairly large, and especially tall with that extremely long neck.