Red Fox

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 24, 2012307 views11 comments

Haven't posted in this gallery for a while, but I have been photographing a couple of Red Foxes a lot recently in London near me. This one was taken last weekend, and there was a tick layer of frost over the ground. One of the animals trotted towards me through the early morning sun, across a lovely background of autumnal foliage.

Techs:
Nikon D300s
Nikon 200-400mm f4 VR at 220mm
Handheld
F4
1/400s
ISO 500

Oscar

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Rebecka on November 24, 2012 at 11:31 AM

Love the early morning light, the frost on the ground, the angle, the stalking pose of the animal, and the wily look in the fox's eyes. I guess I like it all! Really wonderful capture. Didn't know they had Red Foxes in London!!

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on November 24, 2012 at 3:06 PM

Excellent behavior shot of this fox and light on it's face is splendid. Love this.

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on November 24, 2012 at 11:35 PM

Very nice Oscar. It looks to me like the fox is walking across a thick piled carpet created by that wonderful frost. Well composed and exposed.

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on November 25, 2012 at 12:13 AM

I really like this image, Oscar, for a variety of reasons - the low pov, the intense look in the fox's eyes, the sharpness, the golden lighting, the blurred autumnal bg, and the crisp snowy carpet. Maybe, I'd crop out a little more of the foreground, though.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 25, 2012 at 5:09 AM

Beautiful light n great body language, nicely processed too!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on November 25, 2012 at 8:19 AM

Striking photo with great light!
I love the light on the eyes!
I might tone down the bg leaves a little as they compete with the fox, but beautiful as posted!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 25, 2012 at 3:12 PM

Superb light and colors! I like the pose and eye quality. I agree with removing some of the oof foreground. All in all, excellent capture.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 25, 2012 at 3:51 PM

Beautiufully done Oscar, the light, setting and technical detail are super. Personally I might crop just a sliver off the right side; I appreciate that you have left room for him to enter the frame but since he's tight on the left I reason that a little more balance is required of the right side.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 25, 2012 at 4:26 PM

This is really lovely. A perfect combination of colors between foreground, background and the subject (which has the same colors as all of its surroundings).

Max

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on November 25, 2012 at 6:15 PM

Wow, Oscar! I love the autumn background and the pose the fox is giving you.The frosty ground gives a nice feeling to the image. I hope to see more of your images of these guys!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on December 3, 2012 at 4:53 PM

great light and low angle here Oscar...super shot! the BG colours also complement the fox very nicely

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