MARCH 2007 – A mother sheep licks its newborn dry, right after birth near Westerhever, Germany. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
We had hiked up to the beautiful Westerhever Lighthouse near St.-Peter-Ording in Northern Germany and were now slowly returning to our car, passing several large meadows. On one of them, a mother sheep had just given birth to its kid and intensely licked it clean and dry.
I love the gesture and the still somewhat dizzy look of the new born after the exhausting experience. Then again, it is an age-old act, learned over countless generations and performed naturally. And this is a deeply satisfying thought for me.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 27-MAR-2007, 12:02 |
| Location | Near Westerhever, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II |
| Lens | Canon EF 70-200 mm 2.8 L USM |
| ISO | 400 |
| Exposure | 1/5000 sec at f/2.8 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4992 x 3328 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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