Pampas Foxes

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 28, 2011254 views11 comments

Hi everyone. Here's an image from our recent trip to Argentina. There were a few pairs of Pampas Foxes on the property at Rincon del Socorro. This is a different pair from the one posted by May Haga recently. The sun had just set so I was very limited for light - I was at iso 1600 so I ended up running a fair bit of NR on the bg. It's full frame except for cropped a sliver from the bottom.

7D 500F4 1/50 F4 iso 1600, laying on the ground shooting.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 28, 2011 at 6:33 PM

Great interaction image. Very sharp and great dof.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 28, 2011 at 10:28 PM

Excellent low angle and good interaction with eye detail. The only tweak I would experiment with would be to perhaps de-saturate and adjust brightness of the oof "something" just beyond the center and over the left head, so the eye wouldn't find it to wonder what it is!

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on August 28, 2011 at 11:36 PM

Love the interaction. Nice low angle as well.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on August 29, 2011 at 4:30 AM

Really nice, Nate. Great poses and interaction from both. The techs look right on.

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Comment posted by James Campbell on August 29, 2011 at 5:18 AM

I love the low perspective and depth of field on this shot... Nice moment also

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on August 29, 2011 at 8:26 AM

Hi Nate,

Nice intraspecific interaction and great eye contact - well done. While I agree with Lon's comment re: de-emphasizing the lighter and brighter object in the background, my eye was drawn first to the point of contact between the two foxes and then to the eyes of the fox on the right.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on August 29, 2011 at 12:49 PM

This is a species I would love to observe. Great detail and interaction. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on August 29, 2011 at 1:14 PM

Those eye's are intense for sure, nice behavior inter-action captured here Nate. I like your low perspective.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM

Quite the cool interaction shot you got here Nate! I love the look of the RHS one...
Low angle adds heaps to this image.

ISO handled very well overall too. I agree on darkening parts of the BG that tend to draw the eye. Using luminosity masks will assist in doing this without making it look obvious or unnatural...

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 29, 2011 at 9:27 PM

Nate, I love the interaction of this. If you are okay with cloning, I might be tempted to clone out the bright area instead of just reducing it, but then again I have never been big on much cloning and iof my memory serves me correctly, I think you employ the same feeling about it...but it would improve this a bit...so tempting it is.
Other than that, I absolutely love this! Congrats on making this!

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on August 30, 2011 at 5:27 PM

Beautiful image, Nate! Very nice interaction between the foxes and I love your low point of view. Must have been great in Argentina

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