Mom Has Dinner

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 16, 2013303 views11 comments

This female fox has a den in our backyard and a few weeks ago brought this meal home to the pups she was weaning. It has been a fascinating thing to watch the kits grow (pictures of them to follow), and she has been a great mom. She never consumed any of this catch, but instead brought it to the pups, who figured things out pretty quickly.

Nikon D600, Nikon 70-200 f 2.8 with a 2X TC, effective focal length was 400mm and this image is cropped to about 60% of the original frame. ISO 560, 1/800 @f5.6. Even though this lens set up sometimes gets a bad rap, I'm quite pleased with this result.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 16, 2013 at 3:23 AM

Russell.
This is a real beauty,once again really strong colour which I like a lot.

Must be great to have them as neighbours

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on May 16, 2013 at 6:14 AM

And pleased you should be Russ, a very nice action shot.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 16, 2013 at 9:52 AM

Well done catching this fox in hunting mode, the lifted feet captures the implied motion. With a hungry fox family in your back yard it will likely have quite an impact on the smaller prey species in your neighbourhood.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 16, 2013 at 10:06 AM

Russ,
Excellent Image . . .

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on May 16, 2013 at 11:57 AM

Good focus point on the eye, and catching the leg movement. A very fine image. Whatever equipment that produces an image like this can't be bad. Congrats.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on May 16, 2013 at 12:14 PM

Hi Russell.
I think you have a great image even catching the movement of this fine looking Fox and the prey an added bonus.
Don't get " Even though this lens set up sometimes gets a bad rap" I'm going out to try mine as soon as I can If I can get results like this I will be very pleased.

Keith.

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Comment posted by Don Westbrook on May 16, 2013 at 1:32 PM

Well done again.Nice capture with really outstanding clarity of the face and prey.

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on May 16, 2013 at 9:49 PM

You are very lucky to have this in your yard. Real nice capture !

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 16, 2013 at 11:09 PM

How cool to be able to watch all of the closely. Great job catching movement, with two feet in the air and the prey in the mouth.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on May 16, 2013 at 11:44 PM

Thanks everyone, it is a rare privilege to have the natural world so close at hand, and that's one of the reasons why we moved here. This was the only day this year that afforded an opportunity like this. Most of the time I see them moving around, but have no chance at getting a shot. The kits have left the den, we haven't seen them for about two weeks now. Already looking forward to next spring!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 20, 2013 at 11:30 PM

Really nice moment captured Russ; Have to say I am envious. I haven't had kits to photograph in three years now. Glad to see someone is finding them though and sharing them with us. It gives me my fix of seeing these awesome animals.

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