Giraffe in low light

Giraffes are simply elegant. Their walk is graceful, the way they carry themselves is stately, and the markings on their bodies are beautiful. This is a mature male Rothschild giraffe that I photographed today in Lake Nakuru National Park here in Kenya. It was very dark due to the late hour of the day as well as the thick cloud cover, and that's why I had to use 2000 ISO. I shot this with 1/100th of a second and f/5 with image stabilization turned on to ensure a sharp picture given this relatively slow shutter speed (slow of moving animals taken with a telephoto). I hand held the new Canon 100-400mm lens on the 7D Mark II -- no bean bag is needed for this lens.