Night drinking Photo

Photographer’s Note

Okaukuejo is 114kms north of Outjo on the C38. This road leads you right to Etosha Park's Andersson's Gate – and from here it is only a few 'game viewing' kilometers to Okaukuejo. It is the oldest tourist camp in Etosha and it currently functions as the administrative hub of the park as well as being home to the Etosha Ecological Institute. It is situated at the western end of the Etosha Pan.

The main attraction of this camp is that it overlooks a permanent waterhole, which is floodlit at night. Here a wide diversity of wildlife congregates and interacts. The spectacle starts at dawn, with animals coming in large numbers to quench their thirst. The excitement continues throughout the day and deep into the night. In the early evenings, it is not uncommon to have black rhinoceros, elephant and lion, all drinking at the same time.

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Clementi (45101) 2009-08-24 15:36

Ciao Matteo,
ben ritrovato con questa immagine straordinaria, incredibili i colori e la scena. ormai non ho piu' notizie di te vedo solo i tuoi reportage dopo ogni viaggio....
complimenti per la foto.
Giorgio

nivaldo (13353) 2009-08-24 16:41

That´s beautiful, very impressive!
Almost like a surreal feeling!
Bravo, Matteo! TFS.
Kind regards,
Nivaldo

areque (80) 2009-08-24 20:23

Hi Porta,

Good moment,sharp..
Bravo..

regards,
Ari

nazirbadar (219) 2009-08-25 12:25

Hello Matteo,
Excellent picture of animals drinking water with Elephant dominating the frame.
Never seen such type of marvelous wildlife picture before.
Regards
Nazir

hispic (7399) 2009-08-25 20:14

Ciao Matteo,
Nice capture of amazing scene despite an extreme dim lighting situation. Blue of the water is very impressive.
Regards, Hisashi

jemaflor (39755) 2009-08-27 11:15

Hi Matteo,
I imagine that this place was so beautiful in the night with animals drinking, I just seen this water hole before the sunset, great !
Well taken with all these zebras in the bg, good light but difficult when elephant moved ...

sacavem (8507) 2009-09-02 14:38

Olá Matteo,

Excellent photographic moment.Good work to capture this image. Very good POV.
Best regards,
Filipe

sevy (13952) 2009-09-17 1:03

Hello Matteo,

I am discovering your photos from Namibia and it is very interesting for me as I did similar travel. I aven tried same kind of shot as this one but not successful with my old Canon 20D (it was too noisy). Now I see what it can look like when it is well done.
I like a lot the color of this shot bringing an original view.

Yves.

CLODO (4609) 2009-09-17 3:02

Ho Matteo
I am surprised by the blue colour of te pond. Good POV and sharpness on the whole picture.
Kind regards
CLODO