Giraffe!

I am lucky in that I live only 30 minutes from Yorkshire Wildlife Park, where I have a full year's membership.

Today, I finally felt sufficiently well to drive across and test the new camera lens that my parents got me for Christmas (the Panasonic Lumix PZ45-175).

This was one of the photos that I was particularly pleased with, largely because of the expression on the giraffe's face. This is only about the second time that I've been where the giraffes have been out in their paddock (last time I went, it was a miserable day, so the giraffes had the sense to stay indoors, under their heat lamps!).