Sunrise Zebra

[Stu Bowie]

I went to a small nature reserve close to my house on saturday. In this, I changed the whitebalance in camera, to give this a bit of warmth in the early morning light. I tried to position myself so as not to get the sky in the top half, but it just wasnt possible.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 210mm
1/320
F/6.3
ISO 640

Exp comp +0.33
Hand held from the car

[Steve Canuel]

Great detail Stuart. I especially like the eye with the visible horizon and rising sun. I like the WB tweak you did.

[ChasMcRae]

Nice warm early morn feeling and maintained detail in the animal.Bummer of horizon but now you know where to go back.
Did you do additional blurring on background with software ?
Chas.

[DanWalters]

really like the warm light and the clarity of the eye. Really like the color of the background grasses as well.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely lighting , great details and crop
TFS

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful color and lighting and excellent detail Stuart. Definitely a wonderful time of day to photograph. Many thanks for sharing.

[Dave Barnes]

Super light Stu. Good detail and colour. Pity about the top portion of the BG.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Rietvlei Zebras are such willing subjects :)
great light and sharpness Stu. I don't mind the sky you included...

[David Fletcher]

Like the WB adjustment Stuart. This is wonderful. Excellent portrait.

[Fabs Forns]

Very lovely, Stuart, shame on the part of sky showing, but sometimes it isn't meant to be. I like your white balance choice.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all so much for the kind words.

[Simon Bennett]

Wonderful image Stuart - I like the wark light and crisp presentation. I wish I had a nature reserve nearby with Zebras in it.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Simon, thanks a lot. The reserve has zebra's, a few species of different buck, rhino, buffalo, jackal's and all depending on the season, plenty of birdlife.