{"id":9541,"date":"2023-03-01T16:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9541"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:00:20","slug":"neck-to-neck","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/product\/neck-to-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"Neck-To-Neck"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9541\" class=\"elementor elementor-9541\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60c64880 wd-section-stretch-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60c64880\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37bc1c97\" data-id=\"37bc1c97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462557d2 wd-width-100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_images_gallery\" data-id=\"462557d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_images_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-images-gallery photoswipe-images\" style=\"--wd-align-items:center; --wd-justify-content:center;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-grid-g\" style=\"--wd-col-lg:2;--wd-col-md:2;--wd-col-sm:1;--wd-gap-lg:0px;\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-gallery-item wd-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/w-indoor-plants-small-5-3.jpg\" data-width=\"700\" data-height=\"800\" data-index=\"1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/w-indoor-plants-small-5-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"w-indoor-plants-small-5-3\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">I have always enjoyed photographing giraffes, they have such an awkward charm about them and that awkwardness makes photographing them great fun, and at times, a great challenge.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">I&#8217;ve spent many hours researching their unique evolution, and that unmistakable neck &#8211; it obviously gives them a real advantage being able to graze both high and low, but it also plays an important part in the quest for dominance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Male giraffes will intensely swing their necks at each other to fight for dominance and territory, in bouts that can often last for several minutes and sometimes result in serious injury. It is a behaviour that I have always wanted to witness for myself after watching it on television as a youngster.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">I finally witnessed the remarkable behaviour for myself recently, and it sent shivers down my spine. I hope the photograph manages to exude some of the drama that was in the air that day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[154,223],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9541","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-giraffes","7":"product_cat-landscape","8":"product_shipping_class-print","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-variable"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9541"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10927,"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9541\/revisions\/10927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9541"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9541"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiebowen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}