March 25, 2015 Saddle-Billed Stork and Zebra in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Saddle-Billed Stork With Fish
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Canon EOS 1D X, 600 f4 II, 1/4000 sec, f4.0, ISO 400
Image taken on March 22, 2015.
I've finished my last three nights in the southern part of Kruger National Park, South Africa, and am headed to the central part of the park. I had a blast three mornings ago at a small waterhole with about ten black storks and two saddle-billed storks fishing. This saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is preparing a fish to swallow.
Zebra Reflection
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Canon EOS 1D X, 600 f4 IS II & 1.4x III, 1/750 sec, f5.6, ISO 200
Image taken on March 23, 2015.
It's fairly easy to get a nice portrait image of a zebra, but it's difficult to create a unique image of one. Having them drinking ads interest, but I had a problem with this common zebra, or plains zebra, or Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelli) because there was a concrete pool behind this natural waterhole. While trying to minimize the concrete, I kept panning down and as soon as I saw this composition in the viewfinder I knew I had a winner.
