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Shy+Repost

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 3, 2008 at 8:50 AM
Shy+Repost
The cubs are getting very shy now-2 are rarely seen and the bold one is getting difficult to shoot-could be the weather not helping but i think their instincts are kicking in-which is a good thing

Canon 1D3 500F4 1/200@F4 +1/3 ISO 400
Posted by Frederic Desmette on June 3, 2008 at 9:10 AM
I like this. it is my kind of shot! the viewer has got to think for a few second....
Very nice
Frederic :toast: :toast:
Posted by Craig Churchill on June 3, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Hi Dave

I think this is a big print shot to get the effect!! I like it!!!
Mine are the same now they have distributed along a huge area and are very rarely together,they are no longer adorable enquisitive balls of fluff but are very wary youngsters!!

Cheers

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

Posted by Daniel Read on June 3, 2008 at 9:25 AM
Lovely shot. I feel that the in focus area on the left is a slight distraction, and could be blurred in photoshop, but it's a minor nit :toast:

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Dave Sewell on June 3, 2008 at 9:39 AM
I agree with the above comment but otherwise I think this is a super shot!
Dave
Posted by Nigel Blake on June 3, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Now that is a really appealing shot Dave, big print or "double page spread" stuff, very nice indeed!
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Posted by Mark Sisson on June 3, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Like it - well spotted and captured. Nigel isright - definite double page spread stuff.

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Mark
Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 3, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Nice shot Dave but I agree about the left hand side being a bit intrusive. I would either crop (but can see that that may compromise the composition) or do some of that PS voodoo stuff to blur it.
Robert
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 3, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Added some Gaussian blur to the LH side
Posted by Daniel Read on June 3, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Repost is better for me :toast:

Cheers,

Dan.
Posted by Matt Cole on June 3, 2008 at 12:19 PM
a very unusual shot, I like it. I also prefer the second.

Matt
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 3, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Hi Dave, :wavey: ,my eyes are drawn to the big trunk on the left,so not sure about this one,but thats just me suppose :confused: ,shame about them getting more wary but had to happen sooner or later,make the most of them now
Posted by Tom Smit on June 3, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Nice shot. Love the cup looking between the branches.
Posted by eric weight on June 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
The repost is definitely better my eye goes straight to the cub's face every time now. that's a beauty.
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Posted by Colin Pickett on June 3, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Hi David
A great image I think I prefur the second although I can see what Barrie mean's, the right hand side would work nice as a portrait crop.

Regards :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Its the sort of image to make you ask whats going on here and with the added cuteness of the fox cub.Nice to be different :toast:

Major.
Posted by Paul Ashton on June 3, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I like this one Dave. Great piece of selective focusing.
Posted by Nicholas Armitt on June 3, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I've enjoyed the series of images a lot, I like what you've done hear. i think it shows how there getting more weary very well. Myself i would be tempted to take about 20% of the left, for some reason I keep finding my eye dragged left.


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Posted by Danny Green on June 3, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Brilliant shot Dave.

Danny

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Posted by John Robinson on June 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Excellent picture and different.
JohnR
Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 4, 2008 at 2:49 AM
Well seen opportunity for another variation to the series Dave, and a superb result :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Trevor Wilson on June 4, 2008 at 4:24 AM
Excellent shot mate, for me this is the best in the series.. :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 5, 2008 at 6:09 AM
Hi Dave,

Awesome shot! Love the vision you had when you made this image! Very nicely done indeed!
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