Giraffe Necks 02, B&W

Another color vs. B&W comparison that I'd love your input for. If you didn't see the other pairs of shots, check this folder ... they're still here.

This was NOT taken on the safari. This shot is from the Rothschild Giraffe Center, right in Nairobi. It's a center for education about giraffes ... and I believe that they do some breeding there as well. Anyway - you can feed the giraffes and interact with them here. It's where I took the two pics of those beautiful little girls (same folder).

I definitely had the opportunity at the Giraffe center to get closer to the giraffes than I did when I was on the safari. I'm going to upload it both in color and in B&W. I'm trying to guage which is more appealing. I've got several animal shots that I'm going to do the same with ... upload both a color and B&W, looking for you to compare and contrast the two....

Do you find it to be a strange angle? Is the strangeness distracting? I find that the line of the neck is a very *leading* line. Your thoughts?

Thanks so much for everyone's regular input on my photos. Your help means a lot!

Please see the color version of this image in the same folder. Any

comments or ratings are appreciated! :-)