Air Attack

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 7, 2017371 views9 comments

This one is fro last winter in Yellowstone's Lamar valley. I still remember I stopped to check what a videographer was looking at near the road around sunset. It wasn't long before the fox made an incredibly high jump (and missed). I managed 3 or 4 good frames of the jump despite the tricky position of the sun. It didn't snow much that year thus the sagebrush highly visible.

Canon 5D3 EF 600 mm F/4 II
1/1500s F/4 ISO 1600 Handheld (75% of original)

Cheers,

Hisham.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 7, 2017 at 11:52 PM

This is so good Hisham. You did a great job of capturing the action with excellent light. Exposure looks great.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 8, 2017 at 8:03 AM

Great timing here!

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 8, 2017 at 9:43 AM

Dynamic frame n great techs! The warm colours of fox, contrast very well against snow.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 8, 2017 at 10:09 AM

Awesome timing on this Hisham! I wonder if it got what it's pouncing on? There is a white spot by it's butt I think I would clone out. Looks like it may be a piece of ice or something, but it pulls attention away from the action imo. Very cool capture!

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on March 9, 2017 at 3:22 AM

Hisham,
Wonderful!

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 12, 2017 at 9:31 AM

Hi Hisham,

Good fun! I love the position you caught it in. Bit of a shame about the sagebrush in the immediate background taking a little away from the isolation/separation of the subject, but not a darned thing you could do about that.

Thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

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Comment posted by Genny K. on March 12, 2017 at 10:02 PM

Fabulous!! Love seeing this kind of action. Well done.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 18, 2017 at 10:06 PM

Nothing like a beautiful red fox against white snow.
Great timing and an excellent capture.
congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Thomas McCanna on February 17, 2018 at 7:41 PM

Great action shot. I have seen foxes do this but I have not been able to catch them like you have, fantastic.

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