Mare and Foal

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 23, 2016109 views8 comments

The Mountain Zebra National Park is a real little gem in the crown of the South African National Parks portfolio. I hadn't been there since 2011, so our trip in April 2015 was a good opportunity to spend some time soaking in the scenic views and getting re-acquainted with the interesting diversity of wildlife it offers.

The park is named after the endangered Cape Mountain Zebra, and has been a huge factor in the recovery of this species from the brink of extinction. Here a mother tenderly nudges her young foal as the sun sets behind the Karoo dust.

This image is included in my annual "year-in-review" blog post (I'd love for you to have a look) HERE.

Techs:
Nikon D3s | Nikkor 500mm f4 VR
f5.6 | 1/1000 SS | ISO-720

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by John Launstein on January 23, 2016 at 7:20 PM

Beautiful, Morkel! Lovely scene, a tender moment, and perfect light for the occasion. Beautiful work on the rim-lighting.

You're year-in-review was fantastic as well...checked it out earlier this month. Great stuff.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on January 24, 2016 at 1:52 AM

I looked "here" and really liked what I saw especially this photo and "Graceful Grazing". Thank you for including your blog post year-in-review. Your use of the word "tenderly" sums up the above photo.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on January 24, 2016 at 4:41 AM

The touching moment n the golden light is doing wonders! Very nicely captured!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on January 24, 2016 at 9:10 AM

Hi Morkel,

Tender moment, beautiful light, captured and processed extremely well - not much more to say! Very well done...

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on January 24, 2016 at 11:02 AM

Morkel: the golden rim lighting and the nuzzle by the mother combine to make a wonderful photo. Congrats!! Richard

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Comment posted by Josiah Launstein on January 24, 2016 at 10:24 PM

Wow I love the lighting in this photo. I have always wanted to photograph zebras one day. It is just a really nice picture to look at.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on January 25, 2016 at 9:05 PM

A tender moment for sure, well captured. I really like the BG light, and that you were able to keep detail in the zebras. Well done! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on February 2, 2016 at 1:49 PM

Thanks a bunch, folks...

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