for World Giraffe Day

Ray alerted me to this day when he read about it in the newspaper this morning:

"World Giraffe Day is a new and exciting initiative of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) to celebrate the longest-necked animal on the longest day or night (depending on which hemisphere you live!) of the year - 21 June! "

So here's one I took earlier and which I'm posting in celebration now!
I think he/she looks rather proud?!

[Sophia Ziburtovicz]

Wow! Excellent, Hazel

[Judith]

Beautiful

[Hazel]

Sam @gigiflower

[CINDY JOHNSON]

love this so much , what a animal

[Sian B]

Very interesting.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent closeup shot, Hazel, and I love the details. Giraffes are awesome animals. Fav!

[Emilie Cartoun]

Beautiful, Hazel.

[Lisa Poland]

Wow! Fantastic shot! Love it! Fav!

[Ivan]

Super, Hazel, fav! I was going to say a long neck for a long day, then I read on!

[Richard Creese]

Love the patterns on his face, looks good against a nice blue sky.

[Diana Moss]

Fantastic close up a fav

[chris]

Nice shot Hazel. The cloud almost implies you have photographed a fire giraffe...

[Graham Thresher]

A super shot. Fav

[Penelope Ann]

Great POV!

[Hazel]

@ivan

You are ahead of us, Ivan!!!

[michael]

Wishing all giraffes a happy day! Thank you for pointing it out Hazel.

[Margaret Brown]

Great POV lighting and patterns, happy World Giraffe Day!,

[👑 AnaZad]

Fabulous capture and close-up of this giraffe. I love giraffes. FAV.

[Hazel]

@anazad511

I think giraffes have quite a lot of fans!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Hurray for World Giraffe Day!! And thank you for sharing the celebration date. It's perfect, being on the longest day of the year. Fav'ing your picture of this admirable animal.

[Beryl Lloyd]

How great and appropriate to have the long-necked giraffe's day on the longest day !! -Lovely capture

[Raymond Milsted]

Nice selective photo and so close

[Denise (lyndemc)]

P.S. Thank you for the inspiration for my picture of for the day.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Molly]

Great detail, and cropping.

[Pat Knowles]

What a very handsome fellow! You have captured his profile beautifully Hazel!

[Loopy-Lou]

Fabulous capture, like the pov!

[Linda]

Terrific pov, love that sky - really emphasizes the height. Happy World Giraffe Day to you :) fav

[Pyrrhula]

Great portrait . beautiful capture

[Vega]

amazing - to die for - absolute & instant FAV - :)

[Faye Turner]

Great capture!

[Sam]

MAGNIFICENT Hazel!!! I woke up and saw this photo that you had copied me on.....BIGGEST smile EVER!!! What a gorgeous capture.....and I give you a TRIPLE FAV :) Thank you so much :)

[wendy frost]

A fantastic capture for a celebration of Giraffe's. A great idea

[Babs]

Brilliant shot and excellent detail. Ideal shot for World Giraffe Day and the longest day in the UK. Perhaps I should post something with the shortest neck because in Australia it is the shortest day. IBeing the winter solstice). Our days start to get longer now as we head through winter towards spring. .

[Nita]

Love this fabulous capture. A fav.

[Tammy]

What a beauty! Love her/him against that gorgeous sky!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Great portrait of a giraffe!

[Meredith McNay]

They are such majestic animals.

[Anne Gibson]

Very majestic, love the eyelashes!

[Lois]

Fantastic shot with detail and beautiful blue sky background!

[bensonst]

Wow!! Great colors!