Short Brush

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 26, 2010106 views4 comments

My wife and I recently volunteered to do some work with Defenders of Wildlife at a local nature preserve, removing old barbed-wire fencing left behind from the days of ranching in the area. As I grumpily pulled into the parking lot at 8AM after driving for an hour (complaining the whole time under my breath about missing morning photo ops for free labor), I was greeted by a wonderful half-tailed fox that taught me a lesson about "doing the right thing" by giving me about 400 photos for my efforts.

Sony A200
Sony 75-300 @ 140mm
iso 250
1/500 sec @ f5.6
Betasso Preserve, Colorado

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on April 26, 2010 at 10:02 PM

Good things happen to those who take care. Nice shot. Nice story.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 27, 2010 at 9:23 AM

Nice light and color oin thie fox Guy. I always wonder how these guys get beat up. Like how this one only has half a tail?

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on April 27, 2010 at 10:53 AM

You sure got this one in a nice zone of light! I like the detail of the well illuminated eye and the exposure looks "right on" to emphasize the fox. Given the potential distraction of those background weed stalks, I think you did a great job choosing the right f-stop to keep the fox in focal zone while letting the background go soft. By only suggestion would have been to seek a lower perspective closer to the subject's eye level, if at all possible during the shooting sequence.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on April 27, 2010 at 11:10 AM

Nice fox, great shot!! :)

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