Texas Gray Fox

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 27, 2010188 views14 comments

I had a brief encounter with the elusive Gray Fox early this morning.
It stopped just long enough for me to get off 5 or 6 frames.
Barely fit em' in, this is full frame. In shade..
F/6.3, 1/320th, ISO 640, Canon 1D M3, 300mm f.2.8 + Kenko 2x tele. I have just changed over to a larger Samsung 27" LCD, so let me know how the image looks for brightness. It's my main concern as the monitors default setting seems very bright..
Thank you in advance for your comments

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by JACK NEAL on October 27, 2010 at 9:27 PM

Great detail and color! This is a really good shot Howard, but looks to be a little dark.

Thanks for sharing!

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

Comment posted by Dan Harbour on October 27, 2010 at 9:52 PM

I love this, Howard. Nice job, you "got the shot" under pressure. My monitor is not calibrated, but the brightness looks good to me.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 27, 2010 at 11:33 PM

Howard, A great week for foxes on NPN!
Very nice image - great pose, nice habitat, good colors. Seems just a tad dark to me - you might have toned it down a little too much, if you felt your new monitor was too bright.
Sandy r

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

Comment posted by Benjamin DeHaven on October 27, 2010 at 11:41 PM

I agree, it is a bit too dark. Nice image though.

Benjamin DeHaven

Registered on May 31, 2010, 26 Posts, 53 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 28, 2010 at 7:11 AM

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE BRIGHTNESS LEVEL..
So I've + brightness 10%, and + contrast 5 for this repost. It was shot in shade, so it would tend to look cool or not real bright anyway.
I've set the brightness level on the Samsung at 80%...
By George I think I've got it

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Billy Fairburn on October 28, 2010 at 7:17 AM

Hi Howard,

Lovely shot! Great sharpness given you were using the 2x converter (my sigma 2x has never really given satisfactory results, but its secondhand and I think its been dropped at some point

) I can't really comment on the brightness as I'm on a laptop at the moment, but it looks alright. If this were mine I would have tried to give him a bit more room top and especially bottom, but it's always difficult when working with prime lenses!

cheers,

Billy

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

Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 28, 2010 at 5:37 PM

Sweet Gray Fox photo Howard. The re-post is better to my eyes.

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on October 28, 2010 at 9:08 PM

Cool Shot, Howard.
I agree it's a tad tight, but no big deal given the subject.
2nd looks best here.
Neil

Registered on October 30, 2009, 156 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Canuel on October 28, 2010 at 9:48 PM

These are really nice looking animals and you got him in a nice pose with a good BG. A little tight as noted but I'd certainly take this one for a keeper. OP brightness looks okay to me but repost looks good too.

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

Comment posted by Darren Colello on October 29, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Very beautiful image of a species I would love to observe. Great work here Howard.

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 29, 2010 at 12:35 PM

The brightness boost is a very nice enhancement. Congrats on a cool capture.

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

Comment posted by Joe James on October 30, 2010 at 1:10 PM

Well done Howard! The second definitely looks better on my monitor.

Registered on November 20, 2009, 89 Posts, 808 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on October 30, 2010 at 11:36 PM

And, by George, you've got it - the second time 'round! Lovely specimen!

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

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 4, 2010 at 1:37 AM

A learning experience for me seeing the Gray Fox, quite a bit different than the Red Fox. The grassy environment frames him beautifully, although just a hair tight at the bottom.

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