Not so Lonely Tree, a photo from Rift Valley, West

Photographer's Note

Wildebeests of Masai Mara

The name wildebeest finds its origin in the Dutch and Afrikaans words wild beest which means "wild animal/beast". Although the name is derived from the Dutch language, the name wildebeest doesn't officially exist in the Dutch language. The Dutch name for wildebeest is gnoe (where the Dutch "g" is pronounced [†x]) (as in: Loch).

Afrikaanders (Afrikaans speaking South-Africans) have probably started using the phrase "Wildebeest" for the animal as they did not know any name for the animal when they first encountered it.

'Gnu' is from a Khoikhoi language (which pronounced the [g]), which likely imitated it from the grunt-type noise that a wildebeest makes.

Floydian, ALIRIZA, pady, happypoppeye, xkolba, danos, crhieatt has marked this note useful

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jtclee77 (492) 2006-11-13 5:25

Wow, love the scene. Can't believe there are so many animals grouped together.

TFS.. sorry my comment isn't longer.. as I needed to run already.

Jon

kozerog (1288) 2006-11-13 5:43

Great shot, Aysegul. Very nice composition. So many antelopes. The tree is just right in place.

roamermark (1592) 2006-11-13 6:17

Merhaba Aysegul,
Wow...everyone's romantic image of an African safari captured right here...great detail from the subtle changes in the earthy colours...but the zebras make this one for me...popping up at random intervals to break the pattern of gnus
Cheers
Mark

teutza (10590) 2006-11-13 7:05

Hello Aysegul,
nice wild life catch!!i belive is fantastic to see all those wild animals so near and free!
TFS!
teo

Floydian (30970) 2006-11-13 7:43

Hi Aysegul,
Wonderful how you composed this one. All those animals on the dry grassland, and with that lonesome tree the overall composition is more then excellent.
Perfect work....like it a lot.
Regards, Henk

chicken (1557) 2006-11-13 15:30

What a funny but nevertheless beautiful image. Even though it's very busy at the first glance, it emits some kind of peacefulness. Personally I think that the strong colours work against the contents of the image. I'll post a workshop with a toned b&w version.

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guaranine (0) 2006-11-13 18:28

amazing how many there are, i can't imagine seeing that number of wild animals (discounting birds) in one place in america. nice capture.
beth

osse (2808) 2006-11-13 21:45

Hi Aysegьl
Good landscape shot. Wild nature. Good colours, sharpnes, DOF, POV and details.
Well done

osse

toto (0) 2006-11-14 6:42

Belle photo d' un beau troupeau,de bкtes diffйrentes. Thomas

ALIRIZA (16423) 2006-11-15 4:41

Merhaba Ayşegьl,
Muhteşem bir manzara. Kadraj iзerisindeki hayvanlar atlama taşları gibi bizi iзeri taa derinliklere, tek başına duran ağaca doğru зekmektedir. Harika renk tonlarıyla, anlatımıyla mьkemmel bir kompozisyon. Ellerine sağlık.
Selamlar...
Ali Rıza

Isab (865) 2006-11-15 7:11

Bonjour
la composition est trиs rйussi, les zebres mйlangйs avec les gnous c'est trиs intйressant.
J'aime beaucoup l'arbre solitaire, il est spectaculaire.
Personnellement j'aurais retravaillй les couleurs pour accentuer les bleus du ciel.
Bonne journйe
Isabelle

starky (1616) 2006-11-17 18:56

Hi Aysegul.Beautifil african scene.Nice colours and composition.
Have a nice day, Bosko.

rafid76 (0) 2006-12-01 13:30

a serence image. all the animals, unaware of you. i love the tree in the corner and the sky. your so lucky to see animals in their natural habitat

jwmunro (286) 2006-12-02 10:13

Hello Aysegul -

This is a very nice and pleasing image. I particularly like the mixture of zebras into the herd of wildebeest.

Thanks for sharing

recepyuksel (18640) 2006-12-09 13:06

Merhaba,
bizi hep kıskandırıyorsunuz, bu ne gьzel resim, ne keyifli geziler, teşekkьrler..
Ağacın konumu şahane. Vahşi yaşamdan nefis bir kesit.

pady (4800) 2006-12-11 11:51

Very nice wild daily life. I like your composition with the tree on the upper right corner and all these animals.
A very good composition
Cheers
Pierre-Andrй

vinicio (23423) 2006-12-29 18:10

Excellent classic view of the Savana, I like well the nice atmosphere of these large space and the beautiful composition, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

happypoppeye (4819) 2007-06-03 19:18

Great photo. I think the title really adds to the aesthetics of the photo, really tying in to what you are making the focal point and why you took the photo. Great composition, color and detail.

xkolba (596) 2007-06-05 15:50

Hi Aysegul,
Fantastic shot, so many animals in one frame, really great view! I like how warm colors of ground contrast from brighter sky. Tree complete the whole very well.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Maciek

danos (110407) 2007-06-06 3:40

Hello Aysegul,
It's a wonderful graphical place with very creative perspective.A well managed shot with all these animals in your frame.The lonely and strange of the shape tree, give a different visual in your capture.Well done.
REgards,Danos

crhieatt (5347) 2007-07-09 14:37

Aysegul,
Great contrast to your other "lonely tree" photos - yet the tree still carries its own minimalist sensibilities in this shot I think; the animals forming little more than part of the pattern of the plains.
Lovely photo, excellent burnt colouring.
Regards
Colin

erdo (569) 2008-04-01 12:34

Ayşegьl,
Yalnız ağaзlarına gerзekten зok hoş bir tamamlama yapmışsın ve yakın detay, ufuktaki hayvanlar ve ağaз oturmuş. Ofis işleri seni sıkacaktır, gezginlik işini gayette gьzel yapıyordun oysa, hele eminim başkalarıyla kıyaslanınca. Bu indochina gezimizde rehberimize rehberlik yaptık desek olacaktı.
Sevgiler.
Erdoğan