Zebra close up

[BenBotha]

Taken in Madikwe game reserve
Canon 7D
500 L F4
F5
ISO 400
1/400

[Rachel Hollander]

Ben - nice pose and detail with a clean bg. I like that we can see the eyelashes and the whiskers around the chin. There's a yellow/green cast on my monitor.

TFS,
Rachel

[Tom Graham]

Nice pose. Body side, head turned toward camera with slight tilt, bright eye on sun side. Soft late (or early sun), I like it a lot.
Surprised f5 was enough DOF to get sharp nose and ears. That prime 500 f4 a mighty nice lens. (And big!!!)
Not sure I see the color cast Rachel mentions.
Tom

[Ken Watkins]

Ben,

Very nice indeed, good to get such fine light on the eyes.

No colour cast for me either.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hmm, the yellow color I'm seeing is in the whites of the neck and the inner ear. I suppose it could just be the color.

Rachel

[Marc Mol]

Like the head turn, clear eyes and lighting here Ben, a good example of why seldom few Zebra are never just black & white.:w3
TFS

[BenBotha]

Thanks for the comments. The hair of the mane is white and the neck yellowish-that was the normal colour of the zebra.

Ben

[Morkel Erasmus]

I like the tilted head here Ben - nice portrait! I would lighten the darks a bit as it's just a bit lacking in detail?

[Harshad Barve]

nice portrait indeed
TFS