Other than meerkats, there wasn’t a lot of activity in Makgadikgadi Pan in the dry savanna of northwestern Botswana. Makgadikgadi Pan is one of the largest salt flats in the world and is all that remains of a great lake that dried up thousands of years ago. Being such a vast, flat area, it was pretty cool to see the occasional zebra making its way across the Pan. I took this photo first thing in the morning and I was able to get out of the safari vehicle and down on the ground to get the perspective of the zebra against the blue sky. I also used a very slow shutter to give a little motion blur as I panned with the zebra’s movement. This one goes out to my zebra crazed cousin Cristin.
Love the contrast of the vertical black and white lines of the zebra stripes against the horizontal lines of the landscape. And love the motion blur in just the legs and landscape.
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Other than meerkats, there wasn’t a lot of activity in Makgadikgadi Pan in the dry savanna of northwestern Botswana. Makgadikgadi Pan is one of the largest salt flats in the world and is all that remains of a great lake that dried up thousands of years ago. Being such a vast, flat area, it was pretty cool to see the occasional zebra making its way across the Pan. I took this photo first thing in the morning and I was able to get out of the safari vehicle and down on the ground to get the perspective of the zebra against the blue sky. I also used a very slow shutter to give a little motion blur as I panned with the zebra’s movement. This one goes out to my zebra crazed cousin Cristin.
Good stuff Sean. This place sounds really cool. Nice use of the ol’ motion blur. :-))
LOVE it! So beautiful against the blue sky background. Also one of Bo’s favorite animals! He’ll be thrilled!
Aww. I think I’m w/Bo AND Cristin. Love this animal!!!
Love the contrast of the vertical black and white lines of the zebra stripes against the horizontal lines of the landscape. And love the motion blur in just the legs and landscape.