Silver Fox 3

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 29, 20151,152 views9 comments

A third view of the silver fox from San Juan Island - I was able to clone two grasses from the face and I love the eye conact here. Some selective brightening and darkening throughout the image

Nikon D7100 80-400mm VR HH @ 290mm
f/8
1/500s
ISO 400

Cropped to about 85%, adjustments in Perfect Effects 8 and CS6

- Luke

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 29, 2015 at 6:54 PM

Hi Luke, beautiful animal nicely captured, I moved it over to the wildlife gallery as I didn't see a bird enlightened

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 29, 2015 at 7:47 PM

Nate - thanks! Force of habit!!!

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 29, 2015 at 9:58 PM

A nice shot, Luke! The intense focus of the fox on it's prey is the best part. Classic composition and excellent exposure also.

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Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 30, 2015 at 4:38 AM

Luke,

this image is great since one feels the tension which make it very interesting. Well done also due to the good eye contact.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 30, 2015 at 9:45 AM

The eyes make this one. Well done.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on November 30, 2015 at 10:06 AM

Luke: very well done. The intensity of the look on the face of the fox makes the shot. Congrats! Richard

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Comment posted by Jerry Marella on November 30, 2015 at 11:16 AM

Nice, Luke. I agree with the others, but I especially like the position in the frame. Room to move into. Great job!

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on November 30, 2015 at 3:37 PM

I agree the eyes are special here. I appreciate the almost liquid nature of the sunlit eye! Techs look fine. My only wish, probably beyond possibility for you, would have been an eye level point of view.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 1, 2015 at 9:27 PM

I like the raised paw and feel like he is moving through the grasses towards me. I do wish the POV was a little less from a downward angle, but not sure if you could have done anything about it...both from your position and because of the tall grasses.

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