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Gallery: WildlifePosted March 2, 2016275 views11 comments

Lots of foxes in Yellowstone as Max pointed out. This one is "mousing" in Lamar valley. He actually caught the vole. The reason the shutter speed is so high is that exposure compensation was accidentally set to 0 instead of +1 so I had to adjust the exposure in post-processing.

Canon 5D3, EF 600 mm F/4 II
1/8000s, F/4, ISO 400, 75% of Original.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on March 2, 2016 at 11:36 PM

I think that's the best single shot I've seen so far. Well done.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on March 3, 2016 at 12:06 AM

Hisham - one of the finest "pounce" shots I've seen. Just about perfect. One could argue for a TOUCH more space on the left (ahead) of the fox, but this is so good as presented I hesitate to even suggest a tweak.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on March 3, 2016 at 9:33 AM

Hello Hisham, Great timing and your Anticipation was rewarded here !

Would you say it's APEX Predator at its APEX !:)

Bill
WWW.BillBickle.com

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

Comment posted by Max Waugh on March 3, 2016 at 10:32 AM

Nice. This is more of the classic jump I was hoping to get, but I never had one occur at the right angle. You nailed the action, Hisham.

Max

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 3, 2016 at 2:54 PM

Super action you captured here with great detail Hisham devil

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 4, 2016 at 6:16 PM

Wonderful graceful extension in the mid-air pose! Perfect timing.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 5, 2016 at 2:35 AM

Hisham,
A perfect capture of the moment devil

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 6, 2016 at 8:24 AM

Hi Hisham,

Very appealing shot and my comments parallel the others so I won't repeat. Bit of a shame about the OOF bushes along the lower edge of the frame, but that's a pretty minor thing. If those bushes weren't there it would be great to have a bit more foreground. My only other comment is that to me the frame feels just a bit tight - and going hand-in-hand with that is that I agree with John that having perhaps a bit more room on the left would add to the shot. But please consider these "in a perfect world" comments only - the shot is very strong exactly as posted.

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on March 6, 2016 at 10:25 AM

Thanks for the comments! John and Brad, I do have extra space ont the left and on top. The only disadvantage is that the fox looks lower in the frame which makes the leap a little less impressive. Let me know what you think!

Cheers,

Hisham.