Hunting the Bee

Hi,

Lucky for the kit, the bumblebee would have made an unsavory and sting-filled snack. Pose and comp ideal. Great shot ..............Jim

Very nice Jenaya. The subject and techs are great.

A nice pose and wonderful combination of colors. Lovely shot.

Max

Hi Jenaya

Love this image. Could not ask for a better pose by the fox. Congrats!

Bill

Delightful expression Jenaya and you have captured the fox nice and sharp with great bokeh behind. I like that you have provided ample space around the fox. Would have been too good if the bee were actually visible in the frame. (I suppose you could clone in a butterfly just for a fun photo/photo art experiment).

Great head lift n very nicely executed frame !
Jagdeep Rajput

Hi Jenaya,

Cute shot! You managed to nicely capture the kit's inherent sense of "child-like" curiosity here. Techs look spot on to me.

On the composition: I very much like how the kit is positioned in the frame - not sure if this is a crop or not (so unsure if this was done in the field or during post-processing), but regardless it works for me!

While I often like this much (or even more) room around the subject, in this case the image is so much about the kit and its expression I wonder if a tighter crop might have made an even MORE endearing shot? Cropping out a little of the near homogeneous and simple surroundings wouldn't change the "sense of place" much. I think if this was presented as a print the current cropping would be just fine, but for online presentation I think the slightly tighter crop might be worth experimenting with. Just a thought.

You know how I'm a stickler for DoF control, and especially how OOF foregrounds can lead to focus banding in a shot. In this case the OOF foreground doesn't bother me much at all, though I do find the OOF flowered plant (Yellow Puccoon I believe) a tiny bit of an eye-puller (minor distraction).

Nicely done...looking forward to seeing more foxes!

Cheers...

Brad

Hi Jenaya. This is just a great shot. The expression on the fox kit's face is wonderful as well as your catching it looking up.
As far as any suggestion, I won't repeat Brad's analysis, but just an observation. My eye wants to follow the gaze of the fox, and when it gets to the upper right corner there is a small circle refection that wants to "catch" my eye. If this were mine, I would try cloning out that small circle. Alternatively, I might try Brad's suggesting and crop the photo a bit to get rid of that circle. Mind you, this is a very minor nit in a very fine image. Good work. I love Red Fox pictures when they have their nice, red coats.

This is all cuteness - very sharp as well and lovely colours and dof. Works great for me!
Grt, Ingrid.

This is so stinkin' cute, Jaye! Glad you picked your subject and stayed with him...it definitely paid off! You totally nailed the shot in terms of timing, comp, techs...everything. Of course it would be even more off the charts if you happened to catch that bumble bee above him, in a great position, within the same focal plane... Let's just say a lot of things totally outside your control would have had to fall into place pretty perfectly for that to have worked, but what WAS in your control you executed wonderfully. Nice one!!

I really like this as posted Jenaya. I actually like the amount of room you left in this. The negative space works very well because of the fox staring into the same direction with such focus. Nice work!

Great pose. I am with your dad in wishing you had gotten lucky enough to catch the bee, too! Without him, I think I would tighten up just a little. Exposure looks very good.

Very cute shot - liked it a lot.