Photo Details: Rear view of zebra pair (Equus quagga), Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Camera: Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi); Lens: Canon 70-200 F2.8L IS USM + 2x converter; Focal Length: 400mm; Shutter speed: 1/2000; Aperture: f5.6; ISO: 400.

Additional Info: In the above picture, the “shadow stripes” (pale brown and blurred) in the white area between the main black stripes can be clearly seen. Shadow stripes are characteristic of the plains zebra (also called Burchell's zebra) found in South Africa. In addition, the stripes do not extend under the belly or all the way down the legs. Animals north of the Zambezi have no shadow stripes at all, making the black striping much more distinct, and the stripes do extend all the way round the belly and down to the hooves. See picture below taken in the Lower Zambezi National Park.

Photo Details: Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) at waterhole lifts its head suddenly to check for danger, putting a couple of redbilled oxpeckers to flight, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Camera: Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi); Lens: Canon 70-200 F2.8L IS USM; Focal Length: 200mm; Shutter speed: 1/1600; Aperture: f5.6; ISO: 400.

Additional Info: See picture below for a crop from the full size image - looks like the giraffe is deliberately spraying water at a rather startled oxpecker!

Photo Details: Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) keeps a lookout from its perch atop a dead tree, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Camera: Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi); Lens: Canon 70-300 IS zoom; Focal Length: 300mm; Shutter speed: 1/500; Aperture: f8; ISO: 200.

Additional Info: The martial eagle is the largest eagle in Africa, with a wingspan of 190-260 cm (6.25-8.5 ft). The female is considerably larger than the male. Both males and females have a dark head and throat, combined with a white, lightly spotted breast and belly and dark underwings. The legs are long and fully feathered.

Photo Details: White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum) stirs up dust as it breaks into a run, Elephant Plains Game Lodge, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa.
Camera: Canon EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi); Lens: Canon 70-200 F2.8L IS USM; Focal Length: 200mm; Shutter speed: 1/4000; Aperture: f2.8; ISO: 400.

Additional Info: We were in a safari vehicle watching the rhino standing placidly on a bank to our right when it suddenly came lumbering at speed down the bank, apparently towards us. Fortunately it then slowed down, changed direction and ambled casually towards the water's edge of a nearby dam.

Although the rhino initially appeared to be charging us, it more likely decided the easiest way down the bank was to break into a run. It's nevertheless an unnerving sight when two tonnes (4,400lbs) of armor-plated muscle and bone comes bearing down on you.