Fox and the Setting Sun

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 26, 2011338 views18 comments

Here's another shot from our Argentina tour. We were at the edge of the marshes for sunset and there were a pair of Pampas Foxes in the area. The first evening at this spot I had this image in my mind but couldn't get the fox lined up in front of the sun. We returned to the same spot another evening and I was able to get the shot I had envisioned. This is full frame, it was darkened about 1/4 stop from the original capture in processing. The fox has a bit of grass in it's mouth.

7D 500F4 1/200 F7.1 iso 500, evaluative metering -1.0, handheld lying on the ground

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18 comments

Comment posted by Cam Held on September 26, 2011 at 7:37 PM

Beautiful colors and silhouette! Superb shot!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 26, 2011 at 8:03 PM

Incredible color on the rim lighting... I wish the piece of grass wasn't there but it does add something to the image. Really well conceived and executed

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 26, 2011 at 8:04 PM

I like this a whole lot Nate. Don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 26, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Very interesting colors and compelling over-all effect. There might be a strong alternative crop as a vertical...

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 26, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Nate, this is real cool! I love the darker red band around the sun...not sure I have ever seen a similar effect from a shot. Perfect placement of the fox head on the sun....I like the comp as posted personally.

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Comment posted by Verdon on September 26, 2011 at 11:13 PM

Nate a-mazing pose, quality and composition, GREAT JOB !!!

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on September 27, 2011 at 2:08 AM

Fabulous shot Nate, seems that you techs were spot-on! Great vision and congratulations on capturing it in reality :^)

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Comment posted by Jeffry Oonk on September 27, 2011 at 3:21 AM

Great image.
Love the very intense reds along the outline of the fox.

Thx for posting
Jef

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Comment posted by Mitch Erwin on September 27, 2011 at 10:23 AM

Love the backlit fur in this Nate and the hint of detail in the face! Wonderful image!

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Comment posted by Bruce Painter on September 27, 2011 at 11:51 AM

Love the rim lighting in this one. It really sets it off.

Bruce

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on September 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM

Three cheers for the pink rim light

Expertly exposed.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 27, 2011 at 2:13 PM

My kind of shot, Nate! So well executed and great to be able to put to 'film' something you envisaged beforehand (very fulfilling indeed!

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You better enter this somewhere!!!

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on September 27, 2011 at 5:34 PM

Very nice one.

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Comment posted by Sally King on September 27, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Really and truly amazing. You certainly took good advantage of the situation.

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Comment posted by Clinton Bauder on September 28, 2011 at 12:21 AM

Wow. Awesome.

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Comment posted by James Campbell on September 28, 2011 at 3:49 AM

Crazy colour on the rim lighting Nate, really awesome! Good concept, well executed...

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on September 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM

Very cool. I was about to say that I had preferred a lower viewpoint to get the head a bit higher in the sun, but then I read that you were already lying on the ground - couldn't you have dug a little ditch?

The light effect is awesome, but if this were mine I would play around with it some more in my raw converter to get the yellows more intense and the reds less magenta.

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 30, 2011 at 5:13 PM

Absolutely amazing Nate. Love it, looks perfect as presented.
May

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