Mom's Home!

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 11, 2014202 views11 comments

Hi,

These Red Fox were photographed on a private ranch property in Wyoming early this summer. The kits were grown and always ran excitedly whenever Mom (or Dad) came to visit.

The light on this day was tough as the foxes were constantly moving in and out of the light and shadows from the trees. Shooting in Manual I was adjusting my settings a lot and had a lot of throwaways. I could've gone with a fast ss on this shot, but I was able to adjust the blown out whites later. I got a few keeper shots like this one :)

Canon EOS 5D MIII
Canon 500mm f/4L IS II USM

ISO 1250 | f/4.5 | 1/640s

Full frame, tripod set up

I adjusted the whites a little in the RAW conversion and bumped the orange saturation a bit, then desaturated the greens as they were a little bright. No other changes.

I am wondering if you have any other suggestions to help me improve this image?

Thanks, Ashleigh

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 11, 2014 at 7:38 PM

Ashleigh, no really cogent suggestions to improve this picture. It is a sweet catch of a family moment. No capture like this is perfect; there are always some "could have, should have" moments. But I have no qualms in saying this is a pretty darn good image! It expresses perfectly the subject line story, and no one can ask more of it than that. Technically, I suppose it's a little crowded, and I could wish some of the obscuring shrubbery were out of the way. But the fact that it tells a story so powerfully, puts it way up toward the front, IMO.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on August 11, 2014 at 9:17 PM

Well done on this image Ashleigh,
It seems to have all come together for this composition and you have presented it nicely.
This is what we call the 'Money Shot', congratulations . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Marsh on August 11, 2014 at 9:49 PM

Ashleigh, I have no suggestions to improve this because there are none. You have captured the moment beautifully and told a story.

Great Job
Bill

Registered on December 29, 2012, 21 Posts, 225 Comments

Comment posted by Ashleigh Scully on August 12, 2014 at 9:08 AM

Thank you everyone for your nice comments. I think I have a little more room in the original so I'll look at creating more room around the subjects.

Thank you again, Ashleigh

Registered on November 4, 2013, 36 Posts, 210 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Fricke on August 12, 2014 at 5:15 PM

Great work on this Ashleigh, really nice comp showing some great behavior. The post processing you did works well the colors all look natural, I don't see anything I would change, well done!

Registered on January 19, 2007, 133 Posts, 1448 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on August 12, 2014 at 8:15 PM

Ashleigh, this is great as posted! I'm a sucker for these family behavior shots. I have no suggestions. Phil said it best, If anything, a little more room all around would be nice. Sweet shot!

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on August 13, 2014 at 10:14 AM

Yes to adding some space if you have it...but I must say you did a great job of isolating and composing this action in the midst of what looks like lots of potentially interfering vegetation!

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

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on August 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM

Great interaction and I just love that bushy tail !
Apart from some more room around, I do wish if I could see the eyes of at least one fox.
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 13, 2014 at 6:01 PM

It's all been said. Great moment, well timed and framed (ditto on it needing a hint more space left and right though).
Good job on using the foliage as "Frame" too...

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

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on August 14, 2014 at 4:27 PM

Awesome image, Ashleigh! I love this one. The interaction between the three foxes is great. You certainly pulled it off considering the lighting and their movements that you mentioned!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on August 16, 2014 at 6:28 PM

Hello Ashleigh

Excellent capture showing closeness between the brood!

Bill

Registered on June 13, 2011, 183 Posts, 1702 Comments