Mountain Zebra

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 26, 201465 views4 comments

We found far fewer Mountain Zebra in Western Etosha, probably because many roads had been close to self-drive and limited to paid for game drives from Dolomite Lodge (privately owned)

Nevertheless we were able to find a few, this one was just gettuig up.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm
F9
ISO 800
1/3200
hand held through open window of our vehicle

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mario Moreno on September 26, 2014 at 12:39 PM

These zebras are really nice. It's a putty you could not get a low angle shot to include some sky in the frame. Nice capture as is

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 27, 2014 at 2:43 AM

Mario,
Thanks very much, one of the major problems with the western side of Etosha, is the lack of roads and that they are generally higher than the plains. In this shot the animal was in the process of standing up which further added to the "look down" perspective. I have some more

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on September 29, 2014 at 1:36 AM

This is a prize catch, Ken. However, my first thought was that it was crippled, or wounded in some way. It was only after reading your description, that I realised that you had shot this while it was in the process of getting up.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on September 29, 2014 at 8:50 AM

Ajit,

Thanks very much, glad you did not get the wrong impression

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