A few photos I got to day of the Zebra all wanting to get their share of the winter lick put out for them…
And one in Black and White..
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Zebras are more intriguing to me more than any other animal! The zebra is stunning! Your photography is stunning!
These are all so excellent! I always feel like I’m visiting or reading National Geographic (one of my favorite magazines) when I’m here at your site Bulldog! Only you make it a little more personal (your experience with nature, that is)! 🙂
Thank you Penny… I appreciate your comment…
I can’t help but notice the natural foot on wild equine. They all look great… without the expense of trimming. I wish… ha ha!
I have often wonder how they do it yet the domesticated need help…
Well I can answer that. It’s man’s fault… domestic equine are idle, kept in a pen or small turn-out and seldom given the opportunity to wear their hooves down naturally.
More gorgeous animals. I have always thought they were one of the more intriguing looking animals. Well captured.
Thanks Maralee… they are one of the animals that I will spend an hour or two just sitting and watching… their interaction is continuous.. they’re never far from each other always seem to be in contact, and just a look or certain movement by one of the group will get a reaction out of all…. fascinating animals…
such fabulous photos of one of my favourite animals, zebra and warthog are beautiful animals, you are lucky to live close to all these animals.
Thank you for such a nice complement.. I do appreciate it… I consider myself very lucky to have the privilege that I have…
My eyes are swimming with all those stripes! I’m a little dizzy. 🙂
It must have that effect on the predators as well….
Fantastic photos, bulldog, and I never thought that a B&W image of zebras could look so different from the colour. They still stand out amazingly. 🙂
Thank you AD… they lend themselves to B&W.. just need a bit more adjustment than colour…
Of course, I’ve seen them before on TV and in zoos, but it’s far better to see them in their natural habitat – keep shooting Bulldog!
Thanks Brian… one of those animals I can’t help but capture every time I see them…
they are beautiful… you did great dear Rob, I loved them all, Thanks and Love, nia
Thank you Nia…
Wow! You’ve captured them so well bulldog. Amazing animals for sure! Stunning post and thanks for sharing. 😀 *hugs*
It is my pleasure Sonel.. thanks for the visit and lovely comment…
How cool to see this and I love the expression on their faces. We used to have a salt lick at our cabin in Wyoming for moose, but only one would come. This is amazing.
Thanks TBM… it is not done in the bigger parks where animals have natural resources,, but in the smaller ones, you have to do it… I love it, as it is an area of congregation of the different specie that all seem to take their turns in a specific order…
Are lions first?
No they get theirs from the Zebra when they eat it…
Oh the poor Zebras. nature can be cruel.
Don’t worry.. I was pulling your leg… in these smaller parks there are no predators…
Those stripes never cease to amaze me! Great pics 😀
Thanks Dianne… those stripes never cease to attract me to photograph them… damn and I have so many photos of them…lol
Great shots!!!
Thank you Rexlin
Wow, these are great!
Thank you Fergie
Beautiful shots. The zebras are so connected they seem to blend into one animal.
That’s what the Lion say when they size them up… all prt of the survival… thank you for the complement..
Awesome, awesome, awesome captures!!! It might be really interesting to look at these again after a few drinks LOL. All those crazy stripes.
Thank you… yes when in huge herds they all tend to blend…
These are just …..incredible……love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Suzanne… can you imagine what you could do with photographing these horse like animals… with your natural charm with them… ??
The moment I saw them I thought…OH I WANT TO DO THAT!! I think zebras intrigue me more than anything!
I sit and watch and try to picture how you would capture them.. but it does not work… so you need to come and do it…
I need to sell a bunch of “Bob” and “Mama” and then I’m buying a ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the pics, but this begs me asking, why does a zebra have stripes?
Thanks Frank… so that humans could copy them for the street crossings… lol…. God only knows why they have the stripes, but it is a great camo and confusion for their predators… Lion have difficulty telling one from the other when they herd… a lion only sees in B&W….
they are so cute
Thank you…
As I tried to tell whether it’s true that no two zebras have identical markings I got too dizzy to continue and still don’t know the answer!
It is true… don’t try to disprove it, you’ll get a head ache…lol… when the young are born, the mother will keep all other Zebra away from her, she will block out the others so that the young imprints her stripes in their mind and will be able to find her when in big herds grazing… an amazing fact… it has been seen when herds are disturbed by Lion and they run in all directions, when getting back together the young will go straight back to its mother…
Great shots as usual – and so appropriate!
Thanks Col
They’re adorable, it looks like that they’re smiling 🙂
That it does… the winter like blocks are high in molasses and salt which aids the animal with digesting and getting the best out of dry grass… they manage to bite off small chunks and actually chew it…
Zebras really are such strange looking creatures aren’t they! Beautiful, but strange. I don’t know what the winter lick is though.
They are beautiful for a donkey with stripes… the Winter lick is a supplement they put out where animals can not find their own salt outcrops… the lick is a molasses and salt, plus other nutrients that aid the animal in digesting the dry grasses… in more open parks the animals would find the natural occurring nutrients, but where like these they are confined to smaller areas, (3 800 Ha or 9 400 acre) they will put out these blocks to make it easier for the animals…
I have a couple of questions. First, why is that one zebra (with the rump to the left on the photo) beige on the rump and with gray stripes in between the black ones? Is that usual? Second, is she pregnant? She has a huge belly.
Good questions… the beige colour comes from them rolling in the red soils… the one was completely red on the one side, but did not give me a chance to capture it on camera.(I wanted to post a red Zebra) the Grey stripes are called shadow stripes… some have them and others not… it is believed to come from evolutionary times, don’t know if I go with that, but it could be as some of them develop they have this shadow stripe… not all of them have it… but, considering, like our finger prints. no two Zebra have the same stripes it must be almost impossible to lay down laws for their stripes… Pregnant? Most definitely…. I like to pop in to see those that I know are pregnant and in which area they are grazing, just so I can capture the young on camera…
These are wonderful photographs, Rob. And perfect for B/W.
Thank you George… yes they convert well to B&W…
These photos are fabulous! The zebras really do blend in with their surroundings. Well done BD!
Thank you… well camouflaged…
Beautiful images, my friend. I love zebras! Definitely one of God’s masterpieces.
Thank you Gina… yes a true God creation…
Cool all the way around!
Thank you… not quite like a car show, but similar… and on all year round…lol
These are great I think that you should try 168,169,170 in black and white. great shots
God bless
Kymee
Thanks Kymee..I find the Zebra convert to B&W very nicely no matter which one you choose…
If anyone needs to put out a book, Sir, it is YOU!! i am amazed at your talent. I would love to see a book with your photos and comments. These were beyond great!! Skye 🙂
Thank you Skye… if you saw the coffee table books available from the professionals, you would realise that I’m not in their class… I have a few friends that have books out and they are full time game guides that get the most amazing photos as they are with the game all day and everyday… I can assure you if I was doing that I’d consider it… but their photos are more amazing than most of the captures I’ve ever made… But thank you for the complement…
Well, you choose to believe in me always….I am choosing the same. So there! 😀
Okay that brought a broad smile to my face… thank you…
😀