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Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa with around 4 million people living within its borders contributing to one of the most stable economies in t...
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Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa with around 4 million people living within its borders contributing to one of the most stable economies in the African continent. However, if you're lucky enough to traverse its entire length - a slightly smaller length than that of Texas - you'll find that the true landlords of the country are...cows.
These beautiful wanderers form part of the countries third largest industry - cattle farming - behind diamonds and tourism. They roam quite freely and often, willingly brave highways, rivers, insects and other wildlife (such as humans) to find suitable grazing land.
On this occasion, I spotted these two while touring the rivers of the Okavango Panhandle by speedboat, in the northernmost reaches of the country.
They were broken-off from the herd and quite content on having a long uninterested look at us as we passed them at about 40km-h.
As we passed directly in front of them I snapped as many as I could hoping to get this shot.
In this sense, the construction of the frame was somewhat fortuitous.
The 2pm sun helped quite a bit in terms of lighting, while the clarity of the Okavango's waters offers a natural mirror reflecting almost everything above it like a natural x-axis on the right day.
Not least important to the construction of the frame is their pose.
Singularly the most natural moment I've ever captured; it all stands on their unbroken gaze as the boat passed them. An almost perfect split down the middle.
I can't help but love this photo.
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