Confusing Stripes: Video

I just can’t resist getting into the bush at dawn.
There is always change awaiting, and that first light of dawn is stunning.
With a busy day ahead of me I was out at first light patrolling the airstrip.

All the usual players were there and a lone giraffe bull. He was perfectly positioned for the sunrise, but there was no sunrise. A solid cloud layer obliterated any signs of light peeping through.

I was lucky to get up really close to a herd of zebra this morning as they stood close together grazing and resting, and was drawn to the confusion of all those stripes. It is often thought the stripes are an anti-predator colouration as it’s hard for a predator to single out an individual among the mass of stripes.
I loved all the different patterns I saw through my lens as I moved it around their bodies. All very abstract.

I wasn’t able to stay long before heading back to camp to slog it out in the office for the rest of the day.
Tomorrow I leave on my travels and will be away a couple of weeks. I will be keeping Wildcast going with daily videos shot over the last few weeks. And periodically I’ll update you on my travels. Tomorrow it’s to the big smoke of Johannesburg! I’m hardly excited about that one.