Dinner Time

Very well done Roger and great timing! Hope you post some more shots of this Fox family as good as this is.

The only highlight that comes close to blown is the right cheek. It weighs in about 10 shades under blown. Easily fixed if you want, but not necessary IMHO.

A nice natural shot with good techs and detail. It would be nice though if you posted your shot specs and a larger image, which would make a detailed critique possible.

Here is the tech stuff I neglected to include in my original fox post: Nikon D200, Sigma 80-400mm lens @ 320mm, 1/500 sec, f5.6, 400 ISO
Some color saturation and a little sharpening in PS.
I have many more shots of this fox family, and will post more soon. And I'll start including a larger image for closer scrutiny.
Thanks for the feedback.

Nice portrait. She is much drier than when I saw them very briefly in late May last year. The splayed legs of the meal crack me up for some reason.

Max

Hi Roger,

Thanks for adding the tech specs - as Philip points out it, it makes for more meaningful critiques. What strikes me most here (besides those splayed legs coming out of the mouth, of course) is the simplicity of both the background and the colour palette - both of which work for me. As Philip pointed out, I'm not seeing any fully blown highlights here. Altho' this is difficult to assess on a 720 pixel wide image, the face of the fox looks slightly soft (focus-wise) - possibly something that can be addressed in processing. I don't know the characteristics of the lens you were using (i.e., what aperture you need to get maximum sharpness out of it), but I'm guessing that dropping to f8 might have added that last little bit of critical sharpness (tho' this may have required shooting from a tripod if you weren't).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this - looking forward to seeing more of your fox shots...

Brad

Great moment, I the contrasting colours of the Fox and the green background here.

A story telling capture Roger! Not only because of the prey, but that look she gives you is just making this even stronger. Thanks for sharing.

Roger, this looks great! This may be one of those times that I would recommend an 8x10 crop, removing some of the space on the left. The reason I think it would easily work is that the fox's eyes are looking back at you (and slightly toward the right of the frame), making that extra space unnecessary.
Great image and nice even lighting too!

I suppose the extended feet would keep this off most folks walls, effectively taking away the cute and cuddly feeling of the fox! I really like the nature of the glance-back eye contact.

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I'll post more later.

Good capture Roger. You've got both of her eyes and the head and tail of the prey. Her face seems a bit soft. Giving your specs is always helpful and here it might help with advice on how to improve sharpness.

Spec on this as requested:
Nikon D200, Sigma 80-400mm @ 320, 1/500 sec., f5.6, 400 ISO, tripod