Red Fox Portrait

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 10, 2012328 views12 comments

This mother fox sat still outside the den entrance just long enough for me to snap a couple of shots before joining her kits underground.

As always, comments & suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Deer Creek, Colorado
Sony A200
Sigma 150-500 @ 330mm
1/320 sec @ f6.3
iso 400

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 10, 2012 at 2:28 PM

Beautiful portrait, in every way. I like the gentle sweep of the neck, your excellent depth of field control, great detail and soft, color saturated light.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on December 10, 2012 at 3:37 PM

lovely detail and pose in this one Guy
perhaps a hint more exposure in the midtones?

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on December 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM

Very nice portrait Guy.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 11, 2012 at 1:52 PM

A lovely portrait Guy, really well done. I have only two very minor suggestion for small, almost meaningless, improvements and that is to darken the brighter white spots in the green BG by burning these a bit and to dodge the eyes a little.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 13, 2012 at 12:23 AM

Very nice image with great detail and pose. Those eyes deserve a bit more work to make them pop.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on December 13, 2012 at 9:13 PM

Lovely complementary colors! And, very sharp, too!

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Comment posted by Guy Runco on December 13, 2012 at 11:22 PM

Thanks for the input everyone - I've taken your suggestions and reprocessed with them in mind. Thoughts?

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on December 14, 2012 at 10:11 AM

Cool. You have taken a fine capture and with careful processing made it stronger. Great end product!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 20, 2012 at 8:43 PM

congrats on a great WP! that re-work is just excellent.

sandy

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on January 4, 2013 at 4:06 PM

Beautiful portrait of a beautiful fox! I love the colours. Very nice detail you captured in the fur! Congrats on the WP!

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Comment posted by Marlise Launstein on January 19, 2013 at 12:59 AM

Wow! This is a very sweet looking fox! I love the look on the his face, and the beautiful orange and green colors!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 25, 2013 at 8:20 PM

Congrats on your WP Guy, sweet image.
I like the re-post a bit better, great improvement

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