If you saw our “Pre Safari” post, you may have noticed that our “shot list” included that of a Zebra. Little did we know that we would be photographing in the midst of the zebra migration. We’ve seen — not dozens, not hundreds, but rather thousands of zebras at time. Try to imagine a mass of black and white lines all moving in different directions. Psychedelic, dizzying, and mind blowing! There is no way a photo can capture the feeling of being in the middle of a herd that is in constant motion and that goes as far as the eye can see. That being said, we tried… how did we do with these shots?

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Zebras as far as the eye can see… with a lone Wildebeest in the crowd.

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Endless zebras, with a few Topis and Wildebeests thrown into the mix

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Black and white, black and white, black and white… all lined up.

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Looking like a three leaf clover, female on the left and male on the right

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A zebra takes a break from grazing to check us out

Our workshop leader came back from a game drive all excited that he’d seen a “brown” zebra. He showed off his photo of what appeared to be a brown zebra – it looked suspicious. (Note, we had three different vehicles going out each day as a part of our group – often covering different areas). Curious, the next day, we asked our guide, Dominic, is there such a thing as a “brown” zebra?  He explained that zebra stallions are black and white while the mares and young foals have more blackish-brown stripes with white. Sure enough after looking at a few we could tell the difference. And so we concluded, our workshop leader had seen a female zebra.

The next game drive…. low and behold we came across a “brown” zebra (the same one?) with chestnut colored stripes…. Stunned, our guide said, wow, “a red zebra”. I guess they are not so rare after all!

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A “Red” Zebra

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Another shot of the “Red” zebra

The zebras are an amazing creature… and of course, they look best in the early morning light.

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Herd of zebras moving away in the morning light

Remember it’s all about the light!