Fox Portrait II

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 12, 2010122 views11 comments

Canon 1D Mark 3 With EF 300mm f 2.8
1/320 sec, F 9.0, ISO 800
Just contrast adjustment and sharpened. This is basically what came out of my camera and it said Fox!

Thanks for looking.

Mike

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Gary Marquart on December 12, 2010 at 11:01 AM

Generally speaking I like this close-up portrait Michael. Great detail in the fox's face and the exposure looks good. It might just be a personal preference thing but to me the photo is just begging to be rotated about 3 degrees right.

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Comment posted by JACK NEAL on December 12, 2010 at 1:01 PM

Glad I looked at the large shot! Good picture! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on December 12, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Nicely detailed and colored. I like the inquisitive look.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on December 12, 2010 at 1:56 PM

I don't mind the tilted head at all. And obviously if this is uncropped a rotation won't work anyway. However, it would benefit from a crop on the top. More room on the left would help too, but again that may not be possible if this is full frame.

I think the eyes are fantastic, and the color and DoF are perfect.

Max

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on December 12, 2010 at 2:12 PM

Great eye contact and detail in the fox. Could be rotated just a little.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 12, 2010 at 2:39 PM

I love those eyes and whiskers, I agree about the rotation

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 12, 2010 at 3:30 PM

Depth of field, nose to ears is great. It brings out a wonderful level of detail and I find myself studying the reflections in his eyes to see if you were using a blind! I am thinking you were set up close with the 300, and had no room to back off or add some space. It feels a little like you are even looking down slightly, as if you were expecting your subject at a greater distance. If so, rotation might not be level with the world as shot, but I don't think it is a factor in this kind of close-up portrait. In fact, the only minor nit to my eye is the diagonal line in the lower left which hints at a man made element, roadside or trail or whatever. All in all, very well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 12, 2010 at 4:42 PM

I really like the look on the fox's face and the richness of the color.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 12, 2010 at 11:06 PM

Beautiful colors and eyes Michael. Nits covered.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on December 13, 2010 at 1:42 AM

Beautiful face indeed. I might lower the saturation on the orange fur a little - surprised no adjustments were done on sat, unless you shoot jpeg with vivid setting?

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM

I like this a lot Mike. I actually like it as is and wouldn't rotate it. I feel like having this slight tilt is what makes it more interesting. It makes me feel the fox is being inquisitive...sort of like when a dog is confused and tilts his head as if to try and understand more.

My only nit...it seems like this has just a bit of a yellow color cast. However, not all foxes ahve the same color of coat and it might just be this particular fox coat is more on the yellow/orange side. Could also be my work monitor, but the other three fox shots look fine.

Anyhow, this is a very nice job!

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