Mountain Zebra

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 27, 201380 views7 comments

For some unknown reason there are only 3 species of Zebra recognized by the scientific community. This is one of the rarer ones a Mountain Zebra, found only in Namibia and here in South Africa, apart from the differences in stripe patterns the other differemces are notable in this image the brown nose and the dewlap.
This one was taken in Mountain Zebra National Park, where a population of 15 in the 1950's has now increased dramatically thanks to the fine efforts of farmers and conservationists,

EOS 1D MK IV
500mm F$
F5.6
ISO 800
1/4000

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 27, 2013 at 5:14 AM

Fine portrait of this beauty!
Excellent detail, colours, and habitat.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on April 27, 2013 at 3:08 PM

Nice portrait, Ken. I'll echo Sandy's comments. Had to look up dewlap in the dict. So I've a new word for the day. I got a real kick out of the tech info. A freudian slip (?) in referring to your 500mm lens as being an F$.

Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 27, 2013 at 4:55 PM

Hi Ken. Looks great, good choice of fstop to isolate the subject from the grassy background. It's tough to know where to crop the body for such portraits but I think you got it just right. Looks like a nasty scar on the neck, close escape I suspect.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on April 27, 2013 at 9:14 PM

That's a great success story - bringing this species back from the brink. The brown nose and dewlap are very distinctly shown in this fine image. I've seen the other two species, but not this one, so a special thanks for sharing this.

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 28, 2013 at 2:51 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments,as for $ this is not the first time I have done this. I will have to reserve $$ for the 200-400 if it ever arrives

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments

Comment posted by Don Westbrook on April 28, 2013 at 10:10 AM

Really well captured with fine details and colors. Also, thanks for the information on this species. Didn't know about the brown colorization as a identifying element.

Registered on January 4, 2013, 11 Posts, 332 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 29, 2013 at 2:09 AM

Don,

Thanks for your comment

Registered on December 15, 2010, 1537 Posts, 4877 Comments