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Gallery: WildlifePosted June 23, 2009782 views21 comments

Pawnee National Grasslands - near Pawnee Buttes, Colorado

The shots with the doubler didn't turn out the way I wanted them for the most part, so I've gone back to an image from week before last. The problem has been the rain - almost every day. Of course I went up there to shoot wild flowers and haven't really gotten to that yet.

I'd like to get some shots of these guys pretty much every week or so until they're mostly grown. The rest of the summer I hope anyway.

Canon 50D
Canon 500 mm w 1.4 tc
ISO 400
F/5.6
1/1250

RAW, CS4, Lightroom II, Neat Image, about 40% cropped away, MacBook Pro 15

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Pat

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Christine Adams on June 23, 2009 at 10:29 PM

Geez, you must be having a blast with these cuties. Two of my usual den sites weren't there this year so I don't have many shots. Keep 'em coming!! What a pleasure.

Registered on January 24, 2006, 119 Posts, 1871 Comments

Comment posted by Rebecka on June 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM

This is a really amusing capture! So much fun to be had when you're a fox kit. Thank you for posting these -- I'm also really enjoying your kit shots.

Registered on February 5, 2009, 170 Posts, 924 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Richins on June 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM

Great capture. It would have been great if they were turned more to the side to make the bite and reaction a little more obvious. But it is better in the larger version.

Registered on March 6, 2008, 113 Posts, 1009 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 24, 2009 at 2:16 PM

Hi Pat,

This is another great shot in a wonderful series. I love the cause (bite) effect (yelp) relationship in this image. Unlike some of your other shots of these kits, I think this one is less about wonderful light and more about the interaction, thus I think it would work best with a little tighter crop (if you have the pixels to do so). I envy this wonderful opportunity you've been given...

By the way - given that there's 3 kits here, I think we officially have a "skulk" of foxes. I couldn't remember if fox young were called kits or cubs...so I did a web search. Found a fun website that lists both infant names and group names for animals - with foxes a group is a "skulk". If anyone is interested, the reference is here:

http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/fun/wordplay/terms.html

Cheers...looking forward to the next one...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Billy Fairburn on June 24, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Hi Pat,

Another really cute shot! The expression on the face of the 'biter' is priceless. The larger version looks slightly noisy but that could be due to compression etc (looking at your iso prob not from capture?)...

great shot.

Billy
Billy

Registered on March 3, 2007, 123 Posts, 717 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on June 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM

The bar keeps getting higher!! I think I might like tail bite #2 better than tail bite #1 because of the expression on the bitee's face. Of course the whole series has been great. Lucky Dog(and good photographer)!!

Registered on May 18, 2004, 124 Posts, 2503 Comments

Comment posted by Jason Kim on June 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM

Great job at capturing that moment! The looks on their faces are just great.

Registered on July 1, 2006, 60 Posts, 1233 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on June 25, 2009 at 5:59 PM

I'm really enjoying your series, Pat. This one is especially animated. MIght be worth cloning out the third pup legs.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Gaurav Manglik on June 28, 2009 at 12:18 AM

sweet ...

Registered on December 2, 2005, 191 Posts, 2126 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 29, 2009 at 5:59 PM

Congrats, great image Pat

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 29, 2009 at 6:34 PM

Hi again Pat,

Between your excellent timing, the great expressions on both foxes faces, the overall composition, and the smile this puts on my face every time I look at it, I had absolutely no choice but to select this image as Pick of the Week! Congrats Pat - for this and all the other great fox shots you've been posting!

Cheers...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 30, 2009 at 3:01 AM

Wow, Pat! Delightful image! I'll be hoping with you that you can follow along on their growing up. Can't wait to see the next photos of them.

Edit: The point of focus is right on and the dof is perfect. Nice, nice touch!

Many kudos for the EP!

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Rosemarie Arbur on June 30, 2009 at 3:15 AM

A lovely image, Pat: excellent technicals and a fun (rare) capture. Congrats.

Registered on March 19, 2008, 189 Posts, 1644 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on June 30, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Great capture, Pat. Well deserved EP.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM

This is a true classic, Pat--congrats!

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Winnie Ho on July 1, 2009 at 6:26 AM

Congratulations, Pat! Wonderful portrait of animal behaviour, aptly titled.

Registered on January 6, 2008, 93 Posts, 1788 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 1, 2009 at 11:00 PM

Pat: Strangest looking flowers I've seen in a long time

. What wonderful images you've captured of these little guys. Just superb. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Reka Gyongyhalmi on July 2, 2009 at 6:24 AM

Cute kits, Pat! Looks like they were posing for you.

I agree with Wayne on cloning out the legs in the bg.

Registered on June 30, 2009, 11 Posts, 27 Comments

Comment posted by Reka Gyongyhalmi on July 2, 2009 at 8:41 AM

Cute kits, Pat! Looks like they were posing for you.

I agree with Wayne on cloning out the legs in the bg.

Registered on June 30, 2009, 11 Posts, 27 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 2, 2009 at 7:36 PM

Hi Pat...... Congrats on a awesome capture of the kits and the EP