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5 mice in the mouth is better than...

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Posted by Helge Sorensen on July 11, 2007 at 6:22 AM
5 mice in the mouth is better than...
On my recent trip to Northern Norway I met this Red Fox with the mouth full of voles. Unfortunately I only got one shot where it showed it's face, and as it was right next to my car I had no chance for improving DOF or composition. Image is full frame, should I crop it to a vertical ?

It seems like it was a goog rodent-year up there, can anyone identify the vole species?

1D MkIII + 500/4 + tc1.4; iso400 1/320 f7.1.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 11, 2007 at 7:13 AM
Hi Helge,

Great behavioural shot! I would crop this horizontal showing just the head with the voles, that way laying the emphasis on the behaviour.
Wel done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Alan Bryant on July 11, 2007 at 7:39 AM
Agree with Jeroen about the crop.

Great shot tho :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 11, 2007 at 9:07 AM
A great shame you could not have got this from a better angle-it would have been superb but as we all know in wildlife you get what your given-great to have seen and nice to have a record of it
Posted by writepic on July 11, 2007 at 11:26 AM

nice opportunity helge. i think this portrait works better than a crop would.

regards,

mark
Posted by John Chapman on July 11, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Hi Helge what a great experience to see this. I have no suggestions about the crop only to say experiment with different ways. :toast:
John
Aberdeen.
Posted by David Kjaer on July 11, 2007 at 1:11 PM
Hi Helge

Nice one - agree with Jeroen re. the crop, which I feel would lift the image to another level!

David :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on July 11, 2007 at 4:04 PM
Good shooting Helge. Would like to see it with different crops as already mentioned :toast:
Posted by Helge Sorensen on July 11, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Thanks for your suggestions, I think you are right about the crop. Here is the vertical I had in mind. I'm afraid though that it's not sharp enough for the crop.

Cheers, Helge
Posted by Vincent Jones on July 11, 2007 at 5:34 PM
I prefer the original, as for seeing this behaviour & capturing it especially under the circumstances, well done Helge :toast: :toast: :toast:

Vince