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So you've just flown in and landed in Kasane to be greeted by your expert guide for the next few days. You load your luggage onto the vehicle and you're immediately out on safari!
Yes, you see all the wildlife you want to see including elephant, hippo, lion, crocs, antelope, buffalo, birds, giraffe, and towards the end of the game drive, you spy a sunset...
This is one of the many I took in Botswana but to get the photo of the zebra, I had to lay down in the dust to get the low angle with the sun positioned behind the animal.
Experienced landscape photographers will know once it reaches the horizon, the sun sets really fast so the choice was either a sundowner drink or the zebra in sunset! After brushing the dust down and with the shot in the bag, it was time for a rewarding G&T...
What I do like about this image, apart from removing a few dust spots, is it's straight out of the camera, no cropping and without any filtration.
Hope you like it too.
1DX2, EF100-400mk2, FL=400mm, 1/1000 sec, ISO3200, f11, -2EV,
“I asked the Zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?"
While this zebra is not truly black and white, I liked this particular view best with B/W processing. I'll likely post a color image showing more of this magnificent animal at some point in the future. This is one of two beautiful zebras that can be seen while at the Pueblo Zoo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A9vy's_zebra
July 2013 Update - This photo placed 3rd in the El Paso County (Colorado) Fair - Adult Black and White Scenic/Nature Class
My mom who is an artist did this photo as a watercolour, please follow this link to see it; www.flickr.com/photos/18118509@N00/2706408563/in/photostr...
(I prefer my mom's) What is also extraordinary about this the water colour my mum painted is that while on display at Norscot Manner, members of the public were critical of the piece, remarking that Zebra's do not behave this way... Well the camera does not lie. It was remarkable watching how as I approached the adult zebra's crowded round the young and kept them safe.
I took this and several other Zebra photographs in I nature reserve in Southern Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Thanks to Flickr, I was able to donate the use of this image to the Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Organisation in the US. They saw this pictures on Flickr, and asked to use it in their fund-raising Calender. (Their emblem is a Zebra.) My image has been used for January 2008. I hope I am not breaking any rules by saying you can contribute to a good cause by ordering one of these calenders from from orders@FloridaZebras.org or from www.carcinoidawareness.org for US15.
I took a shot of these Zebras in Amboseli National Park. I am pretty sure they are Grevy Zebras but I have been wrong before
The Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest extant wild equid and the largest and most endangered of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. Named after Jules Grévy, The Grévy's zebra is found in Kenya and Ethiopia. Compared with other zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower.
The Grévy's zebra lives in semi-arid grasslands where it feeds on grasses, legumes, and browse; it can survive up to five days without water. It differs from the other zebra species in that it does not live in harems and has few long-lasting social bonds. Male territoriality and mother–foal relationships form the basis of the social system of the Grévy's zebra. This zebra is considered to be endangered. Its population has declined from 15,000 to 3,000 since the 1970s. However, as of 2008 the population is stable.
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I was in the Masai Mara during the great migration of zebra and wildebeest. There were almost a million animals in this part of Kenya. It was so much fun driving up so close and seeing them in the wild. The zebra are the true leaders of the migration. The wildebeest follow the zebra because they can only remember something for about 8 seconds and then that thought is gone. So they follow the zebra to get where they are going.
The face of a Grevy Zebra is one of the delights of Africa you see them rarely as they are a much endangered species, Grevy’s zebras are only found in northern Kenya and south eastern Ethiopia.
The long-legged Grevy's zebra is the biggest of the wild equids. It is more closely related to the wild ass than the horse (whereas the plains zebra is more closely related to the horse). One can distinguish the Grevy’s zebra from the plains zebra by its larger size, big rounded ears, white unmarked belly, and finer black stripes. You tend to only see them only in very small groups unlike the large herds of plain Zebra. When you do spot one it’s a real joy
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Pretty pleased with this one. Well worth laying in a ditch for 20 minutes :-)
Cabarceno Nature Park, Spain.
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
I want to describe we are really alone and sometime we are being lost inside the darkness. So in our small life we need to be more great full for our life and make our rest of life more happier otherwise happiness will not knock our door.