Fox (c) plus re-post(s)

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 7, 2010303 views11 comments

This is Frodo, a captive fox at the British Wildlife Centre in England.
He loves to pose for the cameras

This was taken through thick chain-link fencing, I held the lens hood against the fence and used a wide aperture to make the fence invisible.

The large version is one I prepared for another website, when I recently re-sized it for this site I decided to crop it and clone some grass out.
Do you think I should have cloned out those branches above his head too?, only I wasn't sure.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/125th second
f6.3
ISO 400
280mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre weighted metering
Hand held

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 7, 2010 at 6:34 PM

Thanks to Ian from the UK forum on here for pointing out that my background is very noisy and that it would be better to clone out those branches.
I've done a quick repair job on it and uploaded it as a re-post.

Geoff.

Registered on August 20, 2010, 192 Posts, 980 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 7, 2010 at 7:21 PM

Very alluring photo Geoffrey. That's a lot of cloning but the repost is enhanced.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 7, 2010 at 8:16 PM

Good job with a nice subject. I think I like it better with a least some of that branch over the head, which enhances the sense of 3-D space.

If you clone anything at all, I would consider removing just the part extending closest to his head.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Sogn on September 7, 2010 at 10:38 PM

Hello Geoffrey, What a wonderful expression on a beautiful fox. I like the cloned version. There shouldn't be any distractions from peering into those eyes.

Registered on January 17, 2007, 68 Posts, 210 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on September 7, 2010 at 10:44 PM

I must admit that I much prefer the re-post.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on September 8, 2010 at 3:28 AM

Hi Geoffrey,

I like the composition and the colours very much. The relaxed pose is also very nice.
I prefer the re-post.

Registered on January 23, 2008, 48 Posts, 769 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 8, 2010 at 7:33 AM

It's a beautiful gaze from this fox and colour of tree is going very well with that of fox.
Of course, I prefer repost.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on September 8, 2010 at 8:14 AM

I much prefer the repost, Geoffrey! It's a lovely, sharp image.

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 8, 2010 at 10:40 AM

Hi Geoffrey,

Very nice shot - the fox looks just so relaxed (and certainly very well fed!!).

I do prefer the re-post and it's certainly "cleaner", but have to say that the branches you cloned out did NOT distract me on the original post. In a way it's too bad you didn't let the comments roll in for awhile BEFORE you added the re-post - it would have been interesting to see how many (if any) would have commented on the branch if you hadn't drawn attention to it by removing it.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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

Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 8, 2010 at 2:17 PM

Ok, I've had another go at this one, don't worry, it's my last re-work

Grew the branches back and sharpened it a bit more, I wish I knew what I was doing