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Tomasz Szpila| Ostrich kindergarten

Name: Tomasz Szpila
Picture title: Ostrich kindergarten
Category: Birds
Nationality: Poland
Occupation: I am CEO in my own company

Technical information 
Camera: OLYMPUS E-M1MarkII
Lens: OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
EXIF: 1/160 sec at f5.6, ISO 250
Accessories: None

Tomasz Szpila says:

We travelled through the picturesque areas of Damaraland in Namibia in a search of desert elephants. We did find elephants, but it was not a photographic spot. After sunset and in the beautiful blue hour light, we were driving, slightly tired and bored, back to the camp admiring the beautiful scenery around us. Not expecting anything worth shooting, we were suddenly surprised with a unique picture. Near the road we drove, a large group of teenage ostriches (over 100 specimens) passed by under the care of an adult male. Ostriches (Struthio camelus) organize such “kindergartens” for several broods, creating groups of a dozen or several dozen chicks, but such a large group is a very rare sighting. We stopped to take a few photos and returned to camp in much better moods.