Damp red fox

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 16, 2012254 views7 comments

I originally posted this photo to the UKNP forum.

This photo was taken last summer. I brought our wet Welsh weather to Essex, this fox had just had a good soaking.

Techs: Canon 7D, EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM @ f/4, 1/1250, ISO400. Manual exposure, fullframe. Processed in CS5, NR with Nik Dfine. Huge thanks to Phil.

C's and c's are very welcome.

Thanks for looking!

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on February 16, 2012 at 6:54 PM

Nice one Paul - I really like that oof band of yellow flowers in the foreground. If this were mine, I'd probably crop a slice from the top (the darker green bit).

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Comment posted by Verdon on February 16, 2012 at 9:59 PM

hat a beautiful sneaky shot is that, mate, three thumbs up!!!

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on February 17, 2012 at 12:35 PM

Awesome pose and look on that face here Paul. The yellow flowers put this over the top though. Perfect processing and great colors throughout as well. I am only a little undecided about the centered composition and am thinking a cropping a bit from the right and the top could solve that.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on February 17, 2012 at 6:58 PM

Exposure and processing look great. My only thought is that body position is less graceful than I normally envision for such a beautiful subject and I fully understand those kinds of comments are totally subjective, matter of taste. I hope he gave you several clicks of the shutter for variation.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 18, 2012 at 8:31 AM

Hi Paul,

I love that look and even that slightly upraised right paw. I really like the yellow flowers immediately behind and around the fox and those white ones (which I think are flowers as well but a bit tough to tell). But, unlike some of the others, I'm not as thrilled by the yellow band of out-of-focus flowers in the foreground. For me (and quite possibly just me!

), that extra bit of colour isn't needed here and distracted me a little from the subject (which I feel is definitely strong enough to stand alone) - almost like a "hurdle" to jump over before getting to the subject. But others appear to quite like them, so...different strokes for different foks I guess!

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on February 19, 2012 at 10:35 AM

Beautiful image of this red fox, Paul! I really like the look in its eyes! And the yellow flowers are the icing on the cake.

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on February 19, 2012 at 10:41 AM

Paul, this is really nice. I like the yellow behind the fox, but I am undecided on the yellow upfront. Nice eye contact.

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