A Mother's love
F4.5, 1/250, ISO100, 300mm
I have noticed that, like with humans animal behaviour in the wild changes during the day. I wanted to record their behaviour in the early morning. I was not disappointed at all. I followed a herd of Zebras and the Eland was there too. I followed them on foot for over 300m. It took me about an hour. They finally allowed me close enough to them that I literally stood among the herds.
There was a fair amount of fondling and grooming among the zebras and the Eland. At first the baby Zebra was drinking from her mother. After the drinking I watched her as her mother pulled her closer to her. The mother fondled her little one for about 10 minutes, rubbing her skin with her head, hugging her and sometimes also kissing her.
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Faddoush 11/07/2010 11:03
Lovely moment.Fons van Swaal 12/05/2010 20:48
Congratulations......!!!!Zbigniew Galucki 07/05/2010 15:55
świetne +++Alexandru Valentin Iedu 02/05/2010 20:25
Congratulation, I'm very happy about this result.Regards,
Alexandru
Massimo Gherardi 02/05/2010 19:20
Congrats!!!Inez Correia Marques 02/05/2010 18:52
Congretulations DeryckJ e n n i f e r E. 02/05/2010 11:13
Congrat's!!!!!!!!Mark Billiau. 02/05/2010 8:14
Congratulations with the star, Deryck !Mark
J e n n i f e r E. 26/03/2010 20:09
This is a really cute image!Alexandru Valentin Iedu 27/01/2010 12:57
SIMPLE TOUCHING ... FOR MY FAVORITES ...Florian Clarén 27/01/2010 12:37
great work..!!... Daylight ... 03/01/2010 18:22
ohhhh, that´s sooooo cute :-)what a wonderful moment!
Happy new year to you! :-)
Nancy Blach 03/01/2010 16:17
Isn't it wonderful ? And you are so lucky to be able to see all that, just reading about it makes my heart melt.Beautiful image.
Nancy
Pozer Katalin 02/01/2010 17:01
We have a famous op-art painter, Victor Vasarely. Look at the link :-)NIce image, Deryck.
http://www.museum.hu/museum/temporary_hu.php?IDT=7344&ID=794
Hugs, kati
Eva Maria Zernig 01/01/2010 16:40
Beautiful schowing the love of the mother.LG Eva Maria