In Motion

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 14, 2015164 views10 comments

I photographed this Red Fox earlier this Fall, in Grand Teton National Park. The fox was hunting in a meadow just before sunset, when all of a sudden she made a dash across the meadow. I was shooting handheld and quickly panned with her, trying to keep the camera moving at the same speed. Out of 8 or 10 images from the sequence, I was pleased to see that 1 of them was tack sharp, at least in the face. Unfortunately I felt the background was slightly distracting in the original image. Some of the sage brush looked a bit choppy and just didn't have enough blur to it. To remedy this, I exercised a bit of artistic liberty here and added some motion blur in post to help make the fox stand out better.

Thanks for looking and for any thoughts!

Techs:
D300s, 1/160 Sec. @ f/5.6, ISO 400, 420mm

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on October 14, 2015 at 9:02 PM

Very cool and unusual.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on October 14, 2015 at 11:31 PM

Dude. You absolutely hit this. I'm a big fan of pans and motion blurs and this one is spot on...the perfect sharpness of not just the face but also the front legs (and body and tail for the most part) is exquisite. Really nicely set up and executed.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 15, 2015 at 8:55 AM

Terrific frame, very nicely executed, it just stands out !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on October 15, 2015 at 4:25 PM

Excellent capture of a moment, Zach, and good work in post too. As an option it would also work well as a pano crop from the top to just below the dark part.

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on October 16, 2015 at 12:52 PM

Great execution. I love it.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM

This is one of the better motion blurs I have ever seen. Not only is the fox sharp, but there is great light and detail. Just an over all fine image.

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Comment posted by Joe James on October 16, 2015 at 8:47 PM

This is just superb Zack! I love the panning effect you pulled off.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 18, 2015 at 10:37 PM

Pleasing! Nice work.

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Comment posted by Hisham Atallah on October 19, 2015 at 4:11 AM

Outstanding Zack. Very nice layering in the background also.

Cheers,

Hisham.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 3, 2015 at 3:07 AM

Zack,
This is wonderful, artistc liberty is warmly welcomed.

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