... I do say... special. Hi

I am shocked! I am twice in one day rating highly wildlife shots. But you've got two herons or egrets or whatever on a zebra in a field of flowers, what choice are you giving me but to praise you? Great crisp focus on the head of the zebra, great composition. One small nit... wish there were catchlights in the zebras eyes. Second small nit, did you artificially blur the background? Seems like it... distractingly so.

Hi Cedar,

I did not blur the background artificially...it is normal depth of field at F5.6.

Thanks for commenting,

Wouter

This is amazing!

wow. bravo :):) what incredible capture and the Zebra is like smiling to you ;)

Biliana

Amazing and sooo cute... what a image!!! Most Excellent...

Amazing, well done!

regards

Great shot, love the colors and composition. Excellent work!!!

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Bravo!!!very funny :)

Wow! the pink flowers, the birds, the zebra - all of these things you don't expect to see all in one image!! So much fun and such a surprise - very well done!

Excellent image. Love color and light too. Best Wishes.

You just made my day! Maybe my week! Wonderful and fantastic capture.

Wow, it's as if you had an art director setting up the poses. Fantastic shot!

Does it get any better than this? Wonderful.

Thanks everyone for commenting!

superb capture. that's all i have to see. zebra's palette nicely compliments the pink flowers in the background. bravo!

I can imagine the zebra saying, "What are YOU looking at?"

Great combination of animals and scenery. Great focus on the zebra's face.

Great colors, composition! Cheers, J

Excellent composition,exposure & colors.Wouter.

Lovely and original shot! I love it!

Excellent!

Dear Wouter, exceptional image! I'd love to know where it was taken. It's not often you come across a zebra in a field of pink flowers with 2 egrets on its back. Curiousity is killing me! Rgds Carole

stripes

If this is an unmanipulated photo, then it is quite wonderful. If it's manipulated, then you need to work on your blurring and being honest. Either way, it would be fantastic without the look of being blurred. The first thing I noticed, even before Cedar's comment, was what looks like to me are blur marks. If that's the way it was, then maybe you should consider manipulating it so it doesn't look manipulated.

Beautiful image! Love the color.

Hi Scott,

The image is un-manipulated, unfortunately there were some grass in front causing the stripes you pointed out. This is the way it was, and I am not really interested in changing the picture as I feel it is good enough just the way it is.

Thanks for the nudge in ethic ;)

Wouter

Hi Carole,

The photo was taken in the summer at Rietvlei Nature Reserve close to the city of Pretoria in South Africa.

Regards, Wouter

rimane sempre ....oltre le critiche una gran bella photo !!!! x me .... bravo complimenti !!!...momento cattura colori ..... averne di photo cosi...ancora complimenti

excellent...