I am totally excited and want to share a great experience! This little fella wasn't too sure about and kept running up and down the steps and checking me out. Very cute and it represents a lot of time and effort and my first intimate portrait of a fox cub. Hope you enjoy it as much as I loved being there with it!
Canon EOS 1DSmkII
EF 300mm F2.8 IS L
1/125th sec @ F4.5 - ISO 200
Gitzo 1325 & RSS Ball head
Elliott, this is a privilege that will stay with you for many long years. You are very lucky to have been accepted to that extent. This is a superb shot and if you have other shots of the family you must be well chuffed.
Cracking shot of this little guy. I'm sure you have some special moments you will remember forever, but not wishing to put a dampner on things, by doing this you are giving yourself a very big commitment, because not only will the adults become reliant on your food offerings but also the cubs that are there at the moment, then their families in the future, I'm sure you are 100% commited to this, and the Foxes welfare is your number one priority. Speak to your local butcher and se if he will give unwanted chicken.
Best of luck Elliot and treasure every moment these fascinating animals will give you.
Lovely shot great eye contact with this little beauty. I have to disagree with Rob and Dave about there concerns because if you do it in the right way which I know you will then there will be no problem, just use small amounts of food and they will still accept it but won't become dependant on it. Foxes are very intellegent animals and don't take chances. I have been feeding badgers in much the same way and they accept me for this practice, I get the shots but feel I don't intrude on there daily lives to much.
I think you have me wrong here Danny, I was refering not to putting food down as i do this for both fox and badger, it was Elliotts comments about the fox taking food 'from' him which he has now explained
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13 repliesI am totally excited and want to share a great experience! This little fella wasn't too sure about and kept running up and down the steps and checking me out. Very cute and it represents a lot of time and effort and my first intimate portrait of a fox cub. Hope you enjoy it as much as I loved being there with it!
Canon EOS 1DSmkII
EF 300mm F2.8 IS L
1/125th sec @ F4.5 - ISO 200
Gitzo 1325 & RSS Ball head
Thats a fantastic shot of the cub, with the wide eyed look of him checking you out.
Really looking forward to your future images
Rob
Fantastic experience and a fantastic pic to go with it. Just goes to show how patience and persistence pay off!
Regards Chris
www.c-m-l.com
Cracking shot of this little guy. I'm sure you have some special moments you will remember forever, but not wishing to put a dampner on things, by doing this you are giving yourself a very big commitment, because not only will the adults become reliant on your food offerings but also the cubs that are there at the moment, then their families in the future, I'm sure you are 100% commited to this, and the Foxes welfare is your number one priority. Speak to your local butcher and se if he will give unwanted chicken.
Best of luck Elliot and treasure every moment these fascinating animals will give you.
Regards
Rob
John
Aberdeen
Major.
Be very interested in seeing some further shots as your project progresses.
Lovely shot great eye contact with this little beauty. I have to disagree with Rob and Dave about there concerns because if you do it in the right way which I know you will then there will be no problem, just use small amounts of food and they will still accept it but won't become dependant on it. Foxes are very intellegent animals and don't take chances. I have been feeding badgers in much the same way and they accept me for this practice, I get the shots but feel I don't intrude on there daily lives to much.
Danny
Regards
Dave
David