Fox Hop

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 20, 20171,414 views11 comments

Last fall I made a brief visit to Yellowstone. The purpose of the trip was mainly to take care of some personal business, but I brought my gear with me just in case. On the drive through the park on the way to my place, I was fortunate to come across a hunting fox. It was busy scouring the fields near the road, and at one point got up on some boulders to hunt from above. The fox would hop from boulder to boulder, a much better and stealthier way of patrolling the area without any potential prey hearing it.

Canon 1DX
Canon 600mm f/4
ISO 800
1/1600th
f/4
Hand-held

Max

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Craig Moreau on July 20, 2017 at 12:52 PM

Max, this is a neat hunting photo. Great timing to catch the fox perfectly between the rocks! I like the light grass behind as well.

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Comment posted by Skip Layman on July 20, 2017 at 2:08 PM

Great shot to capture him in mid-air devil

. Every time I have gone somewhere without my gear, I have ended up regretting it.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 20, 2017 at 2:48 PM

Outstanding timing as others said, Max. It also has the option to crop from right to avoid the centered comp, but excellent as is. As usual very good work.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on July 21, 2017 at 9:17 AM

Very cool capture Max. You have done a great job capturing it mid-air. And love that bushy tail!

Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on July 21, 2017 at 11:27 AM

Thanks guys. The setting obviously could be a bit "cleaner," but I was happy capturing the moment. Bill, you raise an interesting point about the composition. While I would normally favor the "leave more room in front" comp for a profiled subject like this, in this case I felt the graphic element and symmetry created by the fox in between the two boulders lent itself well to a centered composition.

Max

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 22, 2017 at 4:38 PM

Super shot Max, love that he is going from rock to rock. devil

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on July 27, 2017 at 10:56 AM

Max,
All had been said congratulations on a superb capture

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on July 30, 2017 at 9:14 AM

I hardly feel qualified to make any technical comment at least in the realms of wild
ife photography but at least that doesn't exclude me from saying what I like and I love the timing you achieved with your the fox leaping from one boulder to the other.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on August 3, 2017 at 1:40 PM

Excellent moment caught. Nice one, Max!
Grt, Ingrid.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on August 13, 2017 at 6:55 PM

Beautiful action image. Your timing was perfect.

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on August 18, 2017 at 8:57 PM

Way to catch the action, Max. Great photo.

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