Vixen with Kit

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 15, 2010813 views24 comments

This is my first post in the Fauna Forum. I am usually out chasing birds. But this spring I spent about a week watching this vixen and her six kits on her den.

Pretty tough lighting, the den was in the shade most of the time.

7D, 500mm f4L IS
1/200, f4, ISO 200

All comments and critique welcome.
Thank You.

Comments

24 comments

Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on October 15, 2010 at 8:08 PM

Awesome stuff ! The kit on the back is utterly cute

Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments

Comment posted by Robbie Knight on October 15, 2010 at 10:08 PM

Great capture. Dark feet, light chest, and splash light make this shot for me. Comp is great and I like the OOF veg up front. Well done!

Registered on April 10, 2010, 30 Posts, 135 Comments

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on October 15, 2010 at 10:08 PM

I like the inter action between the kit and the adult. I also like the color and the clarity in the picture. The eye position of the adult is a little off for me. Great picture.

Registered on September 26, 2009, 131 Posts, 554 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Canuel on October 15, 2010 at 10:11 PM

Light looks fine to me. So do the colors. Nice interaction.

Registered on September 12, 2010, 53 Posts, 660 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 16, 2010 at 2:50 AM

Awesome photo Matt!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 16, 2010 at 9:40 AM

I echo, what Cindy said.

Cool image!
Jagdeep Rajput

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

Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on October 16, 2010 at 10:11 AM

A great photo. I'll just "ditto" the other comments

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on October 16, 2010 at 2:06 PM

Awesome image Matt. I agree that the light was actually in your favor as it allowed you to capture excellent detail without any shadows, which suits this image well. Ideally the kit would be more in focus, but with that BG I think you made the right choice in selecting your aperture and FL.

I hope you will share more images of this series here.

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Comment posted by Sally King on October 16, 2010 at 4:04 PM

Adorable. I wouldn't change a thing. A superbly done image.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on October 16, 2010 at 6:28 PM

Nice shot. I like the intent look on the mom.

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Comment posted by David Kjaer on October 16, 2010 at 7:47 PM

Love everything about it Matt.

David

Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on October 17, 2010 at 12:05 PM

Fantastic image. I love the tenderness and the poses!

Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 17, 2010 at 6:32 PM

Terrific, both in technical mastery and catching that engaging pose. If you print large for wall viewing, the only thing I would suggest that might be a bit of a positive tweak, would be to selectively lower the brightness on those oof stems/twigs in the background. Excellent posting!

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

Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on October 19, 2010 at 10:59 AM

Bad light or not, this is really, really nice! I love the interaction!

Registered on January 15, 2010, 101 Posts, 396 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on October 19, 2010 at 8:41 PM

Love the soft light! Like the way the kit is behind the adult. Very cute image!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 20, 2010 at 12:06 PM

Just beautiful - the only nit is the bit of grass emerging from the head. I'd clone that if I were to sell this or show it. Congrats on the WP

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on October 20, 2010 at 8:02 PM

Mom's and babies! How exciting to get this fine shot. Congrats!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 21, 2010 at 12:17 AM

exceptional shot!!!! Just love it -
Congrats on the well-deserved EP!

Sandy rw

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 21, 2010 at 7:12 AM

Matt, that light might not be as bright as you usually like, but its quality is wonderful, especially when the subject is nice enough to pose like this! Super shot of the kit interacting with mom! Congrats on the EP.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on October 21, 2010 at 3:36 PM

Wonderful shot!

Congrats on the well deserved EP!

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Christine Adams on October 21, 2010 at 6:43 PM

Wonderful 1st fauna post! And look where it got you!!! Congrats on your EP!!! I agree with all except I wouldn't clone out the grasses. Good for you!

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

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 22, 2010 at 12:32 AM

Congrats Matt

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on October 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM

Very beautiful. Very cute.

Ingrid.

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Comment posted by mark cillo on November 7, 2010 at 4:00 PM

That's awesome!

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