Foxy

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 18, 20152,254 views12 comments

Been a long time since i posted in the Wildlife gallery. Birds are leaving for the fall/winter, so my focus is now more on wildlife. It has literally been 5 years since I've had a fox to photograph. Since they are one of my favorite animals, you can say I have been itching to find even one subject. Finally I found a young fox who was very friendly and hung around for awhile. I haven't seen her since, but she gave me a good hour on this morning. This was This was about an hour after sunrise (which was stil behind the mounatin), so I had very little light.

1DX, 300mm f/2.8, 1.4 tc, 1/400 at f/7.1 ISO 3200

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12 comments

Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on September 19, 2015 at 8:43 AM

Kurt, a beautiful portrait of this fox - she made it worth your wait!

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on September 19, 2015 at 8:45 AM

Hi Kurt,

Wonderful details on the face. The reflection in the eye is awesome. The muzzle stands out from the BG and you have enough DOF to get the whiskers. devil .........Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by William Bickle on September 19, 2015 at 8:49 AM

Hello Kurt

Well done with very sharp capture here. The morning is showing with quite cool lighting, from my notebook monitor?

These sharp featured guys are great to see and maybe capture some of their personality too !

Thanks for sharing

Bill

www.billbickle.com

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

Comment posted by John Tobias on September 19, 2015 at 8:50 AM

Nice alert pose. Would not know this was at 3200 ISO. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on September 19, 2015 at 10:50 AM

Beautiful, crisp shot of one of my favourite animals. To me the white has got a blue cast over it, I would play with the white balance a bit or reduce the colour blue selectively. But great shot otherwise devil

Grt, Ingrid.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 19, 2015 at 9:38 PM

Beautiful details Kurt, love that green bg too, I'm seeing a touch of noise in the bg but not bad. devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on September 20, 2015 at 9:37 AM

Hi Kurt

It looks like the wait has been worth it. The head shot is really nice.

Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on September 21, 2015 at 8:20 AM

Hi Kurt,

Good to see you back posting here - I always enjoy your images. This is a very solid portrait - what sticks out for me is the strong "focus" (attention) the fox is giving "something", and how the whiskers show so nicely against the dark background. For me it feels just a little bit tight on the bottom, but that's clearly a personal preference thing and I noticed no one else has felt this way (so maybe it's just me!).

Cheers...

Brad

Registered on May 29, 2007, 431 Posts, 6061 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 21, 2015 at 9:36 AM

devil .....a wonderful closeup portraiture of this young fox, Kurt. Detail in the larger version is perfect.

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on September 21, 2015 at 5:52 PM

Kurt : nicely done is all aspects. I like how the detail of the fox stands out against the smooth oof background. Congrats! Richard