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Fox Cubs

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 22, 2007 at 9:49 AM
Fox Cubs
I started looking for fox earths last autumn, I spent a couple of weeks checking out local woodland,following tracks and making notes,I have 4 earths now with resident cubs,2 earths are in woodland,one on farmland and one on a railway embankmant,The cubs on the farmland are now getting large and starting to explore,one of the 2 cubs leaves the earth and spends his time in an old farm shed away from flies and mobbing crows,When i returned a couple of weeks ago i went to check on an earth in the darkest part of the forest,it is a beautiful place but very dark,one sunny day i went and got 1/20 at ISO 800 so wrote it off but i keep going back viewing from high above and watching the parents going in and out,I noticed some movement a couple of weeks ago and viewed a pair of ears sooooo small i couldnt believe it was a fox cub but put a hide up and have gone back a few times and just watched in amazement as these 4 tiny cubs play around on their own-watched only by myself and the local buzzard who is nesting close by,today i decided enough was enough and did a short session,88 frames later i left-very happy,The light was abit better so i could just about use ISO 400 although this shot was at 500

Canon 1d2 500F4 1/25@F4 ISO500-Bright sunshine and 80 degrees
Posted by Tom_W on May 22, 2007 at 10:05 AM
very nice shot- :wavey:
Posted by Brian McGeough on May 22, 2007 at 10:05 AM
very very cute!!!

Cheers
Brian
Posted by Graham Bailey on May 22, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Excellent shot. Good to see your hard work has paid off.
Posted by Rob Husband on May 22, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Lovely shot, glad to see the hard work paying off.
Posted by Brian Phipps on May 22, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Superb!!
Posted by John Chapman on May 22, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Hi Dave well done going out and about looking for these animals and the picture is good. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Alan Bryant on May 22, 2007 at 2:31 PM
Great reading intro Dave.

With a very nice image :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on May 22, 2007 at 2:53 PM
Very nice Dave. Like the comp and colours.

:toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on May 22, 2007 at 2:55 PM
Nice capture Dave, :toast: cute as well :toast:
Posted by Kevin Lewis on May 22, 2007 at 3:33 PM
The hard work paid off a beautiful image showing the cubs in a natural setting. It's probably my monitor but I can see a slight green cast in the fur but no one else has queried it? possibly light reflecting off the foliage?
Posted by Major Gilbert on May 22, 2007 at 5:10 PM
Very endearing shot Dave.
Just something I need to get to grips with.
Nice one. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Graeme Lee on May 22, 2007 at 5:11 PM
To be honest, I thought there may be a cast but assumed it was my monitor as no one else had mentioned it. Perhaps it's just our monitors Kev!...or foliage like you say.
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 22, 2007 at 6:20 PM
Looks a tad green here too - but a nice image all the same :toast:
Posted by Chris Lloyd on May 23, 2007 at 3:15 AM
Cracking image Dave, very cute!

Regards Chris
www.c-m-l.com
Posted by Jim Greenfield on May 23, 2007 at 3:31 AM
A beauty - great to get rewards for initiative and hard work
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 23, 2007 at 4:33 AM
Excellent stuff and well worth the patient approach. :toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on May 23, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Yea, good shot, you deserved it after the effort you put into getting the image in the first place. Very attractive and appealing.