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Eye to Eye and Cheek to Cheek

Zebras are often seen together - they're very sociable. In reality, they're not all white and black. Here, I was extremely lucky to find these four, standing together in almost near-perfect symmetry.

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Chongky 2 years ago

Perfect work Colmar :)

Colmar Wocke Chongky,

My appreciation to you - so nice to receive a lovely comment after 1 year on OneXposure. This was my first picture here.

;-)

Go well.

Colmar

marius grozea 2 years ago

like so much!

Colmar Wocke markus,

Thanks so much for leaving me the lovely seal of approval!

Go well.

Colmar

Yavuz Sariyildiz 2 years ago

timins is perfect so composition has been established very nice...very good contrasts..regards,

Colmar Wocke Yavuz,

Your comment and assessment of the picture is very much appreciated by me.

Thanks!

Colmar

Faddoush 2 years ago

Love the symmetry!

Colmar Wocke Faddoush,

Thanks so much for the comment!

Pleases me, of course.

Colmar

Manuel Barca 2 years ago

Natural symmetry, perfect.

Colmar Wocke Manuel,

Thanks for your nice appreciation.

Colmar

Michael.H.Schulze 2 years ago

Oh i really like them, very good picture.

Colmar Wocke Michael,

Thanks very much for "finding them" here!

Yes, of course you'd like them.

Go well.

Colmar

oona 3 years ago

Dear Colmar! I am so pleased to see this picture as the screeners choice! They made a good choice! Its a special picture, and i can feel it is special to you too! Congratulations!
Best regards
Oona :-)

Colmar Wocke Oona,

You're dead right about my special feelings about this picture - this maks it doubly special for me!

There are SOOOOO many wonderful pictures here on OE, that it was a quite a surprise for me too, to find it here on the Front Page again.

Thanks for your ongoing support of my photography - helps to make it special, too.

Go well up there in the Far North.

Colmar

Phyllis Clarke 3 years ago

Colmar..so glad to see this as a Screener's choice..so it has a second look. It is an exceptional shot..not only for the formation, but to get that along with great DOF and such crispness..is a really big WOW. Bravo. My best, Phyllis

Colmar Wocke Phyllis,

A BIG thanks from me - you know I'm a big person, so it really is a BIG thanks!

The ONE Exposure that got me onto oneXposure!

As always, Go well.

Colmar

Stefan Bingham 3 years ago

Wonderful! A true pro shot. It looks almost like a mirror was split down the middle!!
This is the kinda thing you expect to see in a National Geographic...

Colmar Wocke Stefan,

What a lovely comment to leave me - sure I'll sleep well tonight!

Thanks so much.

Go well.

Colmar

Balazs Pataki 3 years ago

Oh yes Colmar. Victor Vasarely would sue you for this photo, but he can't since he is dead. Very, very lucky shot!

Colmar Wocke Balazs,

Luck one sometimes needs - actually this is a kind of a "street shot".

Never knew about Victor - went and looked him up on the place that has a googol interesting things. Thanks for the info!

Go well.

Colmar

jaharris1001 3 years ago

wow !! what a capture !! so symmetrical !! with the tree right in the middle, great shot !!

Colmar Wocke Ja,

Glad you liked it (or them, rather).

Thanks for leaving a nice comment.

Colmar

Morkel Erasmus 3 years ago

Colmar - they do provide such great opportunities and always look good in B&W conversions. Magic pose captured here!

Colmar Wocke Morkel,

Thanks - yep luck on my side that day!

Wherabouts in SA are you?

Colmar

Morkel Erasmus Colmar - pleasure! I live in Secunda (Mpumalanga) currently but I'm originally from Pietersburg and Pretoria - a bushveld boykie all the way :)
where are you based these days?

Colmar Wocke Morkel,

Written up on my front page.

Colmar

Deborah Fort 3 years ago

Excellent find indeed!

Colmar Wocke Deborah,

Thanks for "finding it" yourself - it indeed was a lovely find, at the time.

Special to me, being my first here on OE.

Go well.

Colmar

Chris Dixon 3 years ago

Colmar, Congratulations on "Screeners choice" great picture

Cheers Chris

Colmar Wocke Chris,

Thanks - always nice to get allround positive comment on this, my very first picture here on OneXposure!

Go well.

Colmar

Ellen 3 years ago

These are such beautiful animals; Excellent photo!

Colmar Wocke Ellen,

Sometimes one also needs a little luck in photography - they were standing like that some distance off!

I myself enjoy this picture and often come back to it.

Thanks for enthusing me with your lovely comment!

Colmar

jimmy hoffman 3 years ago

What a find!Great work,Colmar!

Colmar Wocke jimmy,

Sometimes one is lucky - they were just standing there somedistance off.

Thanks for your nice comment!

Go well.

Colmar

moses stell 3 years ago

perfect shot Colmar!

Colmar Wocke Moses,

Thanks once again to you for the comment.

Colmar

Stephan Sünderkamp 3 years ago

This is the perfect formation. Well captured and great B/W work.

Colmar Wocke Stephan,

Thanks for the good, positive comment. Very nice meeting you in Amsterdam.

Go well.

Colmar

Phyllis Clarke 3 years ago

Yes, I would agree very lucky to find them in this formation! The b/w is excellent..sharp crisp, clear and the symmetry is fabulous. Bravo on this capture. Phyllis

Colmar Wocke Phyllis,

So nice of you to comment on what was my FIRST picture on OneXposure!

I was born and bred in Africa and lived there until I was 40. Whenever we go back for a visit we go into the bush and there's always a little "surprise" waiting.

These four were such a "surprise", even to me.

Many thanks and go well.

Colmar

Ivan Bui 3 years ago

I am discovering your portfolio, this is a nice one !!!! very well captured.

Colmar Wocke Ivan,

Thank you for taking the time to send me a note - I have had a look at your own pictures since and especailly philosophy of picture-making which is very similar to my own - taking pictures of things, with no predefined area of interest.

These Zebra really stood so symmetrical and "in balance" with one another.

Enjoy your own picture taking!

Colmar

Daniel 3 years ago

cute.

Colmar Wocke Thanks.

Colmar

Piet Flour 3 years ago

great capture Colmar, and very funny title! These zebra's are so difficult to shoot, because the always changing ballet they perform all the time. Each special moment only stays for a very short time.
Piet

Colmar Wocke Piet,

Thanks for the very good analysis here - indeed a "special moment" it was!

Go well.

Colmar

Xaime Villar 3 years ago

B&W Perfect, congratulations.

Colmar Wocke Xaime,

Thank you very much for the compliment - they stood so close to symmetrical!

Colmar

Marie-Louise 3 years ago

Wonderful how you captured and framed this moment, it looks mirrored to me:)
B&W tones are strong and beautiful.
Great entry Colmar!

Colmar Wocke Marie-Louise,

Thanks very much for the compliment.

Dank Uw wel en gaan goed!

Colmar

Magda Berny 3 years ago

great capture!!!

Colmar Wocke Magda,

Thank you very much!

Colmar

Marcus Björkman 3 years ago

Perfect BW animals! Very strong picture!

Colmar Wocke Marcus,

I was sitting here at the computer when your message popped up!

Thanks for the comment.

You'd be surprised how much "colour" they actually have in them - I would actually like to post the colour version also, but don't know if this will be allowed by OE.

Go well.

Colmar

Marcus Björkman I hope you get the colour version here, would be really interesting to see it!

Cheers
/Marcus

Hotrats 3 years ago

Wauw, this is great
congrats with such a first "entre" on this site
grtz, Nico

Colmar Wocke Thanks Nico!

Laurent Roch 3 years ago

Excellent capture and framing !

Colmar Wocke Laurent,

Thank you (merci beaucoup) for the comment.

This was one of those "luck shots" when you just stumble across the scene and have your camera at hand!

Go well.

Colmar

Will Stoddard 3 years ago

Colmar, this looks almost like a mirror image, great capture.

Colmar Wocke Thanks Will.

Lina Gunawan 3 years ago

Did you ask them to pose? :) they made such a nice composition!

Colmar Wocke Lina,

You're right - it looks as IF I asked them to pose for me. I was just extremely lucky to come across them standing like that - as I say in the little annotation there, they're actually quite sociable and do like one anothers company. They tend to always be in groups.

But, to find them standing like this in an almost perfectly-symmetrical pose - that was SPECIAL.

Thanks for looking and thanks for your little mail.

Colmar

Timor Tom 3 years ago

L. Armstrong never figured it this way !!

Colmar Wocke Yep.

Colmar

SofiG 3 years ago

good

Colmar Wocke Thank you SofiG.

Colmar

A. Zahron 3 years ago

excelent work!

Colmar Wocke I am very-much encouraged by this comment, especially after having viewed your own portfolio here on OneXposure.

Thank you very much!

Colmar

michel 3 years ago

Excellent, c'est une image forte et très graphique !!!

Colmar Wocke Michel,

Merci Beaucoup (The only French I know!).

Colmar

Ulysse 3 years ago

Belle photo, très graphique ! Très joli coup d'oeil !!!
B R A V O ! ! !

Colmar Wocke Ulysse,

I understand enough French to realise that you are also happy with the photo!

Thanks for the email note.

Merci Beaucoup.

Colmar

Clio 3 years ago

it's funy, it's nice !!!

Colmar Wocke Clio,

For me, certainly, its very nice to see these Zebra here on OneXposure.

Thanks for the email note.

Colmar

Lars Klottrup 3 years ago

Wonderful capture! :-)

Colmar Wocke Lars,

It is a wonderful feeling to "finally being here" on OneXposure.

I will always remember THIS image as being the ONE Exposure that I took, that took me onto OneXposure.

Thanks for the note.

It all helps to encourage me for more.

Colmar

Guillaume Legraverend 3 years ago

Very beautiful scene :)

Colmar Wocke Guillaume,

Beautiful it is and so close to being perfectly-symmetrical.

Thanks for encouraging me for the future, via your note.

Colmar

Andrew Badenhorst 3 years ago

Hi Colmar
Welcome to the best site for creative photography! memories of home, i`m also from SA and living in Wintersingen BL.
a wonderful composition!

Colmar Wocke Andrew,

Thanks for the note of encouragement.

I agree - it is a lovely composition - to get them so almost "perfectly symmetrical".

You and I must get together sometime - I am in Rüti as you can see on the Title page.

Colmar

Marin Marinov 3 years ago

Well, I loggedd in just so I can add this photo to my favourites and congratulate you for the nice picture! Well done :-)

Colmar Wocke Martin,

What a lovely Sunday-surprise for me. I came in from outside and there was a string of email messages - first from OneXposure themselves and then also your own nice comments.

Thanks for this - your comments encourage me for the future.

Colmar

Zsolt Arkossy 3 years ago

Colmar, WELCOME to 1x!
Great to have you among us! Well done!

Colmar Wocke Zsolt,

I am very glad to being "among you". The standard of photography here is truly amazing and I can improve dramatically, by simply "being here".

Colmar

Andre du Plessis 3 years ago

Congratulations Colmar, and welcome to OE!
What an amazing composition - you were so fortunate to see this.
Love it in mono!...Regards, Andre

Colmar Wocke Andre,

It does feel good to "be here" on OE at last.

I've "been here" but now I am "really here".

OE will certainly help me to lift my photography - just to have even ONE picture here is encouragement enough for me.

So, the picture of the Symmetricaly standing zebras, was the ONE Exposure that got me onto OneXposure.

Thanks for the kind words.

Colmar

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