Thirsty?

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 8, 2014121 views5 comments

If you had to live in Western Etosha you certainly could be. These Mountain Zebra (Hartmann's) hence the buff colour, certainly seem to be.
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm with 1.4 EX at 436 mm
F9
ISO 800
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5 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 8, 2014 at 2:34 PM

Looks dry enough. Was this a stream or a waterhole? Good catch and tells a complete story.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 8, 2014 at 11:19 PM

Nice environmental shot. All three zebras bending in the same direction really adds to the shot.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 9, 2014 at 8:59 AM

Hi Ken,

Yep, looks like these 3 are solving their thirst problem! While I have no nits about this shot from a technical or compositional perspective, if I'm being honest it just doesn't grab me a whole lot. I'm having a hard time figuring out why - perhaps it's the lighting (which you handled fine, but just isn't inspiring in itself)??

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 10, 2014 at 10:09 AM

Nice capture, Ken. The similar poses of these three make it very interesting. I was wondering if the waterholes in Etosha are completely natural or are they artificially augmented.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 16, 2014 at 1:19 AM

Thanks everybody for your comments.
Jerry,
Most of the waterholes in Etosha are pumped.

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