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Young Fox

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Posted by Elliott Neep on August 20, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Hi Folks,

Thanks for all the great comments on the Highland Stag. This image is more up to date and represents one of the last fox cub images from my urban project. I would have probably continued through the summer, but (thanks to the op) I have spent nearly 2 months away from the site so its all over for now. I will probably pick it up again in Autumn and take it through to Spring and aim for really baby cubs.

This was shot from a WWS dome hide that had been erected for about a month. The subject was about 10m away.
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F4
Exposure compensation: +1/3
ISO: 400
Lens: EF300mm F2.8 IS L
Tripod & Ball head
Posted by Helge Sorensen on August 20, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Great look on the fox's face, and good surroundings for the theme :toast:

cheers, Helge
Posted by Chris Lloyd on August 20, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Lovely image Ell.
He's got a kinda 'oh go on then take my picture' look on his face.
You've certainly build some rapport here.

Regards Chris
Posted by Tom_W on August 20, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Your getting the hang of this pano thing... :wink:

Very endearing image...

T
Posted by John Chapman on August 20, 2007 at 1:40 PM
Hi Elliot nice capture and a good BG. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Alan Woolnough on August 20, 2007 at 2:26 PM
Endearing shot Elliot, and a fine reward for your efforts :toast:

Alan
Posted by Rob Howard on August 20, 2007 at 3:48 PM
Hi Elliot,

I like the composition and pose of the Fox, but feel it needs a bit more work in CS, to me it looks to have a slight yellow cast and the image looks a bit washed out.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Marko Trebušak on August 21, 2007 at 1:54 AM
Very interesting pose. That head turn makes it for me. And that board walk makes it obvious, that you are talking about urban foxes. Very effective image.

Cheers,
Marko
Posted by Graeme Lee on August 21, 2007 at 4:09 PM
Superb Elliott. I too maybe see a slight green to it? Maybe it's just the fauna reflecting as there's plenty of it about!!

Love the comp and pose :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on August 21, 2007 at 5:03 PM
Great shot of that cheeky chap :smile: .

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on August 22, 2007 at 5:43 AM
Thanks for the comments. I hadn't picked up on the cast. Must need to calibrate my monitor. Apart from the pano crop and processing for web - this is straight from the camera. They were great subjects to work with. They always turned there heads when the camera started to click, but rarely ran away. The dog fox sussed the hide immediately and would come up and bat the front of it. With the lens poking out the front he knew it was feeding time, its just his cubs would hoover up everything first! Although I haven't managed to photograph them recently, I have continued to watch them and leave scraps around the reserve. They are continuously fed by an elderly lady who feeds them every night without fail. I hope my impact has been minimal, but I am also looking forward to visiting them again (with camera) in Autumn. :wavey: