Young Red Fox

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 10, 20063,113 views19 comments

Usually I concentrate shooting birds, but last summer I found a fox-burrow with several young ones, and couldn't resist taking a few shots

Unfortunately I had to crop quite a bit off the original.
I'll appreciate any feedback.

20D, 400mm
1/1000"
F5.6
ISO200

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by JIM Hendrickson on February 10, 2006 at 8:33 PM

Great shot :) I Love Fox. Hope I Can Finde a Den This summer.

Registered on November 24, 2005, 117 Posts, 348 Comments

Comment posted by Janet Bowden on February 10, 2006 at 8:53 PM

This is great. I love how he\she stands out from the green grass. Very nicely composed as well.

Janet

Registered on August 31, 2005, 62 Posts, 439 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Cordes on February 10, 2006 at 9:28 PM

Nice image with great "Foxy" eyes

I might suggest running the file through a noise reduction program before other adjustments. Large crops make the noise more apparent.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 451 Posts, 3366 Comments

Comment posted by David Stokely on February 10, 2006 at 10:44 PM

This is one of my goals for the coming summer also. Just seeing one of these guys is a victory.

Dave

Registered on February 3, 2006, 71 Posts, 313 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 11, 2006 at 1:31 AM

Beautiful shot. I really like the color combination and even though a large crop the fox looks quite sharp. My only nit is I might crop a tad off the top to eliminate the bit of brownish color and make an all green background. Again, great shot.

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

Comment posted by Bill Garber on February 11, 2006 at 8:12 AM

Great capture!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 704 Posts, 3535 Comments

Comment posted by Jess Lee on February 11, 2006 at 9:37 AM

Very Nice, The eyes always make a shot come to life. This one jumps off the page.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 114 Posts, 929 Comments

Comment posted by Leann Greene on February 11, 2006 at 9:53 PM

Sweet expression and the contrast to the grass is very nice.

Registered on January 25, 2006, 223 Posts, 3566 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Minish on February 11, 2006 at 11:56 PM

Great capture, Patrick. The eyes really make this one personal

Registered on February 4, 2006, 625 Posts, 3583 Comments

Comment posted by Jasper Doest on February 12, 2006 at 7:34 AM

Lucky you! I'd love to photograph young foxes and and this is a nice shot for sure. I like the OOF-grass but IMO it's a bit too dark compared to the rest of the grass (what was causing this shadow on your forground?). If I were you I'd crop off the brown top of the image.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 371 Posts, 2101 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Patrick Lor on February 12, 2006 at 4:26 PM

Thank's everyone. I have tried your suggestions for the crop (to eliminate the brown) and noise reduction. Looks somewhat better now

This fox den was easy to find as it was in the middle of a large grass field. The young ones explored the surroundings of the den in the late afternoon and could be seen playing around in the grass from quite far away. I hope they use the same den this year.

Registered on January 15, 2006, 91 Posts, 2052 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Burwell on February 12, 2006 at 9:56 PM

Beautiful. I'd love to have this in my files. Great shot.

Registered on December 3, 2005, 29 Posts, 156 Comments

Comment posted by Elizabeth Moon on February 14, 2006 at 12:03 PM

Love the expression! We had some gray foxes for awhile, but I didn't have a good camera at the time...wish some reds would move in here.

Did you get to watch them play as they grew? Our family of grays would let us watch while the young ones learned to hunt grasshoppers.

Elizabeth Moon
Texas

Registered on February 9, 2006, 21 Posts, 196 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on February 15, 2006 at 1:39 PM

Nice composition and dof.

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments

Comment posted by Krijn Trimbos on February 19, 2006 at 4:36 AM

First of all congrats on this pick! I love the angle and the obvious curiosity of the fox. The BG is lovely. Great photo

Registered on October 18, 2005, 260 Posts, 2979 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 20, 2006 at 9:08 PM

I like the comp in this image. Nice shot!

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by James H Egbert on February 21, 2006 at 11:33 AM

I love these little boogers! Always cute and a challenge to photograph! Great job getting the animal to look you in the eye!

Registered on May 26, 2004, 42 Posts, 89 Comments

Comment posted by Andy-Kim Mšller on June 5, 2007 at 12:53 AM

The red fur of the fox contrasts very nice to the green grass. A very nice simple composition makes the image very easy to look. Simply a very good photo.

Registered on June 5, 2007, 0 Posts, 11 Comments

Comment posted by Jacob-Carl Pauw on May 26, 2008 at 9:34 AM

Very very nice viewpoint and composition. Lovely look in those eyes.

Jacob-Carl

Registered on February 22, 2008, 0 Posts, 81 Comments