Carter Notch Fox

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 16, 2010322 views11 comments

It's been a while since I've had the op to shoot wildlife, but I wanted to share a shot of an experience while hiking to the AMC's Carter Notch Hut this past weekend.

The foxes that frequent the area around the cabin are a bit skittish, but accustomed to human contact enough to allow for some close crawling...

In full disclosure, I cloned a few snowflakes into a few more snowflakes...

Canon 20D w/Sigma 18-200mm @ 160mm
1/1000 @ F6.3
ISO 400

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 16, 2010 at 5:44 PM

The environment surrounding the fox really enhances the total effect. Handsome specimen. I have one roaming the woods behind my house, but there is no way I could get this close. Nice image.

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Comment posted by Rebecka on February 16, 2010 at 6:09 PM

Gorgeous individual (not hard to see why people want their fur

), beautiful look on his face, would never have guessed about the snowflakes (you definitely didn't overdo it IMHO). All-around captivating image.

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

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 16, 2010 at 6:39 PM

The very low perspective helps make this a distinctive shot. Ideally, one would wish for there to be no willow (?) shoots in front of the fox to better accentuate the subject against that nice dark background, but there was nothing you could do about that. This specimen seems nicely fluffed up. Was the outside temp quite cold?

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Comment posted by JACK NEAL on February 17, 2010 at 12:38 AM

Good shot! I like the clarity and the bg.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on February 17, 2010 at 9:01 AM

Gorgeous specimen and beautiful frame !
Agree with Lon about the willows.
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by István Molnár on February 17, 2010 at 9:15 AM

Nice technicals as well.Cool shot!
Congrats :István
Hungary

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on February 17, 2010 at 11:34 AM

What a very pretty fox, and so close!

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Comment posted by Christine Adams on February 17, 2010 at 6:15 PM

Love the low angle, dark BG and the stance. Glad it was willing to hang out with you for awhile Jim!

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 17, 2010 at 8:37 PM

Love the eyes and the details in the coat. Very nice image!

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 18, 2010 at 9:15 AM

Hi Jim,

Very nice scene - makes me wish I had more foxes in my neck of the woods. I have to admit that at first glance that some of the snowflakes looked way too similar to be natural (no two snowflakes alike, right?). Totally kidding...

Overall I quite like this image and think the fox is positioned absolutely optimally within the frame. I agree with Lon about the willows but, as he said, nothing you could do about that. On my monitor the image does look just a little high in overall contrast - I first noticed it on parts of the fox and then when I examined the full frame I thought the same - darks just a little too dark and whites just a little too white (but certainly not by much).

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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

Comment posted by Joe James on February 21, 2010 at 9:52 PM

Jim,

What a beautiful shot of a really beautiful fox. The look on his face, DOF and composition are all great. Personally, I wouldn't have added the extra snow flakes as this is a stunning image all on it's own. Thanks for posting. Cheers!

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