Gently does it

[Stu Bowie]

Last wednesday was a holiday here in SA, so I decided to take a drive through the reserve close to my house. I came across a few Zebra's grazing in the grasslands, when this egret flew up from the ground and perched on the back of this Zebra. I have used detail extractor at 9% on the whole image. Taken early morning.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 300mm
1/2000
F/6.3
ISO 500

Manual Exposure
Hand held from the car.

[Jack Breakfast]

Amazing! I've changed my mind. I won't move to FLA. I'll move to SA instead. Thanks for sharing this spiffy moment, Stuart. Two great creatures together, well captured by you.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent moment capture.Image is as usual mind blowing..Love the pose,details and color contrast.

[dankearl]

Excellent, almost surreal, great pose on very nice perch.

[arash_hazeghi]

what a nice perch :)

[christopher galeski]

like the image Stuart,good detail in the whites,like the perch.well done.

[Grace Scalzo]

Full of texture, interest and even a hint of habitat. Really enjoyable image, Stuart.

[Karl Egressy]

Unusual and striking perch and nice looking bird. Love tha "dancing" pose, Stuart.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback everyone. Always appreciated.

[Dave Leroy]

A very neat looking image Stuart and a moment well captured. Nice to see both feet and one raised as well as obliging Zebra.

[D. Robert Franz]

This is great bird and a mammal in the same frame..... Love it.

[Sachin Saraf]

This is amazing capture Stu.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, I like how you can just take a short drive on a holiday and see Zebras :-) living in Africa must be so much fun.

perch makes all the difference here. Nice pose and whites. excellent comp. and details. Any other poses with better head positions?

[gail bisson]

This is really nice Stuart. I love the" perch" and the leg positions. Great light. Good job with the DE. The whites look great,
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Any other poses with better head positions?

Thanks KD. Yep, the next frame I have the egret perched and posed nicely at a good angle. I will post at a later date.

Thanks to everyone else for the kind words and feedback.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Looks like it is dancing on the zebra's back! well done.

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

Lots to like here, strong graphic content from our striped friend. My first thought before I read other comments was about the birds HA, so I do agree with KD, but still nice as is.

Nice , subtle use of the detail extractor!

Cheers

Randy