Zebra

Posted on July 8, 2011 by spilledinkguy

Here’s a zebra. Sporting some lovely vertical strips… very fashionable. And slimming.

I kinda like the mohawk, too. I wonder if I could rock one of those successfully? Hmm… something tells me I should probably just stick to vertical stripes.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

About this image: digital photograph, moderately modified

56 thoughts on “Zebra”

greysqrl on July 8, 2011 at 12:20 am said:

like the framing here, makes me rethink how I’d have taken the photo.

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:52 am said:
  
  Thank you very much! I really appreciate that!
  I did crop this quite a bit from the as-shot, though (if I’m being completely honest)…
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Redneckprincess on July 8, 2011 at 12:58 am said:

GO FOR THE MOHAWK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:53 am said:
  
  Hmm…
  *rubbing chin in deep thought*
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conspiracyofravens on July 8, 2011 at 2:48 am said:

those amazing stripes! nice.

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:53 am said:
  
  They really are interesting looking creatures… nice and contrasty!
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nursemyra on July 8, 2011 at 3:48 am said:

He looks so velvety

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:54 am said:
  
  He really does, doesn’t he?!
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Syncopated Eyeball on July 8, 2011 at 4:53 am said:

What a handsome creature.

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:55 am said:
  
  And he even stood still for long enough for me to figure out how to take his photograph!
  A very cooperative guy! 🙂
  
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Jayne on July 8, 2011 at 5:37 am said:

Yes I think it was very sensible of the zebra population to go with the vertical stripes – very slimming. 😉

He’s beautiful. I love the way the lines merge on his shoulder and gently curve by his eye. Actually, I’m thinking that if you have this image at a large enough size a square crop around his eye might look good. In fact a diptych or triptych of zebra patterns might work well. ….Now I just have to find my own zebra…

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:58 am said:
  
  Oh, YEAH! That would be interesting! I might have enough resolution for an on-screen version of something like that, but sadly not enough for print.
  Some day I’m going to have to upgrade my camera body… at this point most peoples cell phones have more power than my DSLR!
  I hope you do, Jayne! I know you would come up with some amazing images of one!
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Bearman on July 8, 2011 at 7:50 am said:

He is so cute….he would look better on my floor as a rug. KIDDING.

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:58 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  come to think of it, he did look a bit nervous when that guy with the green hair walked past him…
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frigginloon on July 8, 2011 at 8:36 am said:

Why such a long face?

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 9:59 am said:
  
  Ha!
  Maybe it’s just the angle…
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milkayphoto on July 8, 2011 at 9:52 am said:

Zebras are just so cool. For me, they are right up there with Dalmations. I guess I just have a thing for graphically adorned black & white animals! 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 10:18 am said:
  
  Is a nice contrasty animal too much to ask for?
  I think not!
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astrawally on July 8, 2011 at 10:14 am said:

I was just talking about getting a mohawk and I think you may have just help make my mind up. Loving the stripy donkey, they are very cool animals
Astra Wally

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 10:20 am said:
  
  Hahaha… I do what I can to help out, you know! It’s a pretty hard-rocking look!
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Blunt Delivery on July 8, 2011 at 10:58 am said:

oooo.

love this one. this could totally hang in my living room…

um, you know what’s not slimming though? horizontal bw stripes on a senior photo shoot of a girl who isn’t slim to begin with. WHY WHY do people do this to me.

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spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 11:07 am said:

Thanks so much, B.D. – I appreciate that very much!

That’s why I pretty much just stuck with black t-shirts. I leave all the fashion stuff to people who know… stuff. About fashion. And… stuff.
🙂

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youngamericanwisdom.com on July 8, 2011 at 11:56 am said:

Well, since I’ve been in an 80’s mood, I say…Go for the mohawk!

The zebra is gorgous. 🙂

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- youngamericanwisdom.com on July 8, 2011 at 1:50 pm said:
  
  I meant…gorgeous. WordPress needs to add a spell checker for comments.
  
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  - spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 2:55 pm said:
    
    I would NEVER have noticed, Y.A.W…
    my spelling skills are pretty much non-existent!
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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 2:55 pm said:
  
  I might just have to consider that! In all honesty I’d probably have to wait for a while, though (I took quite a bit off the top just a few days ago…)
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Eden on July 8, 2011 at 2:06 pm said:

Cool shot! Would make a nice print 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 2:56 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Eden!
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Jillsy Girl on July 8, 2011 at 5:56 pm said:

what fantastic contrast!

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 6:19 pm said:
  
  It’s like these creatures were just made to photograph!
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Derrick on July 8, 2011 at 8:21 pm said:

Nice pic! And, now that you’ve opened up that can of worms, you’ve got to show us your mowhawk!

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 10:16 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  I’m still working up the ‘courage’ to try that one out…
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Binky on July 8, 2011 at 9:38 pm said:

I think if you did this one in colour, it’d be much better. Haha. Nice shot, though. He seems to be thinking about something.

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- spilledinkguy on July 8, 2011 at 10:15 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  he did start turning a bit red after I stared at him for a while…
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elmediat on July 9, 2011 at 12:04 am said:

Wonderful shot – for some reason I immediately thought of the Old Outer Limits intro, ” we control the horizontal, we control the vertical, ….” Now you will have to do a shot of a horse of another colour.

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- spilledinkguy on July 9, 2011 at 8:30 pm said:
  
  I used to stay up late to watch that show…
  Thank you very much!
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Scholar Mel on July 9, 2011 at 5:20 am said:

Zebras have a scrawny tail like a cow. I once saw a movie where people were riding zebras. Apparently the director thought we the viewers were too stupid not to recognize the horse tail on those zebras.

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- spilledinkguy on July 9, 2011 at 8:31 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  I guess eventually the zebra-cam was bound to give it away…
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Mary on July 9, 2011 at 10:17 pm said:

Hi Inkman…love zebras…very nice shot 😀 I heard that stripes are “in.”

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- spilledinkguy on July 10, 2011 at 12:14 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, Mary!
  I have a hard time keeping up with these things, but this guy sure seems to do well with them!
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Lenore Diane on July 10, 2011 at 8:28 am said:

Nicely done, SIG. This is a great picture!

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- spilledinkguy on July 10, 2011 at 6:08 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much! I am happy that you liked it!
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thedailydish on July 10, 2011 at 11:04 am said:

Inky, you just can’t take a bad photo. You have such an amazing eye. When are you going to publish a book already?!

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- spilledinkguy on July 10, 2011 at 6:17 pm said:
  
  I take SO MANY bad ones. REALLY bad ones. That’s also the key, though. If I take enough bad ones, eventually there are one or two that I can almost fix in Photoshop.
  A book is definitely one of my goals… it seems like I still need a lot more content, though…
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Unapologetically Mundane on July 10, 2011 at 2:41 pm said:

Zebras are freaky. There, I said it. Still beautiful, though, as is this photo.

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- spilledinkguy on July 10, 2011 at 6:19 pm said:
  
  Hahaha…
  really? Hmm… I guess. Any animal I can’t outrun might be suspect, I suppose…
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urban muser on July 10, 2011 at 5:14 pm said:

very fashionable indeed. love the shot.

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- spilledinkguy on July 10, 2011 at 6:20 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, U.M…
  I very much appreciate your kindness!
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Annabelle on July 11, 2011 at 12:11 am said:

You know I am not a fan of zebras… however this guy is pretty cool. All stripeity and such.

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- spilledinkguy on July 11, 2011 at 12:12 am said:
  
  Did I know that? I don’t think I knew that! Did I know that at one point?! Hmm…
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  - Annabelle on July 11, 2011 at 12:24 am said:
    
    It’s just a PZ thing. Lol.
    
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    - spilledinkguy on July 11, 2011 at 12:25 am said:
      
      Ahhh, yes…
      guess I blocked that out.
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ramoncito17 on July 11, 2011 at 10:45 am said:

the matching stripes on the mane lookes very interesting! Nice portrait of a zebra SIG!

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- spilledinkguy on July 11, 2011 at 10:52 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, sir! They really are interesting animals, aren’t they?
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Tony McGurk on July 11, 2011 at 4:05 pm said:

They are such lovely animals.Do the stripes make them go faster like a GT stripe

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- spilledinkguy on July 11, 2011 at 7:27 pm said:
  
  They do seem pretty cool, don’t they!
  Hahaha… I’m not sure about that.
  I know they’re much faster than me, but who/what isn’t, really!?
  MAYBE Swifty?!
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