Pampas Fox

Gallery: WildlifePosted September 5, 2011274 views14 comments

Here's another shot of a Pampas Fox from our recently completed Argentina tour. There was a pair together at last light and as the light faded from the foreground it still lit up the background trees making for what I thought was nice bg. I focused on one of the foxes as it got up to scratch and stretch. Full frame.

7D 500F4 1/80 F6.3, iso 500, laying on the ground

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14 comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on September 5, 2011 at 7:16 PM

The background is very nice... such a lovely setting. The orange and green really compliment each other.

Max

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on September 5, 2011 at 7:23 PM

This is class. All beautiful blurred color and one sharp, smiling fox. I love this image.

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on September 5, 2011 at 7:42 PM

Nate, I agree about the nice background. I like the scratching pose you captured, and the fact that the scratching leg shows motion, if the leg was sharp frozen in this position I think it would have been more of a humor shot. I'm not real crazy about the OOF foreground over the lower part of the fox due to the low angle of view and I can't help but wonder if you wanted that effect or not. Very nice image as is though.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 5, 2011 at 7:49 PM

Thanks for your comments guys! Gary I agree that it would be nice to see the paws and low parts of the fox but to get the out of focus trees in the background I had to get low so that was the trade off here - when I had the tripod at just a low level the background was the ground.

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Comment posted by Chris O'Donoghue on September 5, 2011 at 9:09 PM

The background is beautiful and really isolates the fox well. The background colour is atypical and I think that makes the image more unique. I really like this.

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Comment posted by Sally King on September 6, 2011 at 8:37 AM

Lovely colors and the scratching behavior is attention grabbing. The fox definitely looks like it is smiling. The image has your characteristic high IQ.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on September 6, 2011 at 1:26 PM

Nate, I like the subtle way the lightest areas in the background create diagonal bands leading the eye back to the fox.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 6, 2011 at 4:58 PM

Those trees in the BG are so cool! Lovely play of light, Nate. I love the low angle but was wondering if raising your POV ever-so-slightly would have reduced the effect of the OOF FG grass...then read your reply. In my mind the trees would have won the day too, so well done for sticking by your vision...

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Comment posted by Verdon on September 6, 2011 at 6:23 PM

great shot, love the colors and overall quality!!!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on September 6, 2011 at 7:20 PM

These guys are so cool looking, I really like that face. The foreground and background color seem to compliment each other. Nice work not under-exposing the fox. Another Sweet Fox Photo Nate

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on September 7, 2011 at 10:08 AM

That is some BG and the pose is awesome too! I might have wanted a hair more FG (not much for me

) but this is a winner for sure!

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on September 7, 2011 at 11:30 PM

Neat pose and a beautifully colored and complimentary BG.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 8, 2011 at 4:47 PM

Interesting fox pose with a wonderful background color. With both the OOF foreground and background this kind of gives the image a abstract quality to it. Must of been a cool experience to see these, way to go.

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on September 9, 2011 at 6:15 PM

I think this is a wonderful image as posted, Nate. The OOF foreground serves to give it some realism and depth. The pose and evident motion of the rear leg, the expression on the face of the fox and, of course, the lovely bg, all combine to make an exceptionally attractive image.

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