Mountain Zebra

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 20, 20081,428 views13 comments

Mountain Zebra are very rare,their numbers are in the few hundred.They are unique to the mountainous areas of the Karoo in South Africa.

D2xs 200-400 vr lens . bean bag and plate. minor raw adjustments in Aperture.

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13 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on January 20, 2008 at 11:19 AM

Peter,

very nice image, and great association to the mountains... I may crop from the top a bit, just enough to eliminate parts of the sky at the right upper area

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Comment posted by Mark Blount on January 20, 2008 at 6:52 PM

I like the overall composition of this shot and the color of the Zebra's nose looks almost like a rainbow. Very nice.

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Comment posted by David Hamman on January 21, 2008 at 9:19 AM

No complaints here, this is excellent.

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Comment posted by Peter Delaney on January 22, 2008 at 3:19 AM

Thanks Cay-Uwe about comments normally I agree with you,.... did try crop ,but I prefare the sky as it is...

Thanks Mark and David for comments ..appreciated

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 23, 2008 at 12:56 AM

I like the feeling of depth here. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Peter Delaney on January 23, 2008 at 2:39 PM

Thanks Charlie

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Comment posted by John Chapman on January 24, 2008 at 3:36 PM

This is beautiful Peter and what a lovely setting.

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Comment posted by dan elster on January 25, 2008 at 12:00 PM

Beautiful Peter! I love your work.

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Comment posted by Peter Delaney on January 25, 2008 at 12:26 PM

thanks John and Dan appreciate the lovely comments

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on January 28, 2008 at 8:22 PM

This is a fine image as posted. I like how the sky, the background hills, and the foreground neatly divide the image in horizontal thirds. The zebra appears perfectly posed and exposed.

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Comment posted by Peter Delaney on January 29, 2008 at 12:09 PM

thanks Lon..appreciate your lovely comments...and a big thanks to the Editor for choosing my image....very chuffed

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Comment posted by Kari Post on February 20, 2008 at 7:48 AM

I like this unique shot. Not the typical environment you see zebras in and the choice to shoot wider and include the habitat was a good one here. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Peter Delaney on February 20, 2008 at 2:21 PM

thanks Kari

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