Head in the Clouds Surfers framing the wall on a

framing the wall on a day when one waterfall is doing all the work

nothing else is in a hurry

the bay shelters easily and the reef holds back the worst of the swell

Max shoots at first light

Head in the Clouds Surfers framing the wall on aA tight portrait of a southern giraffe in Sabi Sand. Giraffes spend their days mostly above the level of every other animal in the reserve the average adult is around fifteen feet tall, the tallest are over eighteen which is what gives them the resting posture you see here. They sleep four hours a day, in five minute increments, mostly standing up. Alex strips the color and lets the patterning carry the frame.