Last nights delight.+ re post

Fox
Finally got these playing ball ! They,ve taken the hide and there's about 400 shots in the pile . This was taken last night at 8:30, the first decent night for a while. Its a bit choco boxy but thats they way it was I'm affraid. See how the plants in the meadow have gone from buttercups in the early shots through to white clover and knapweed.
D200 Sigma 50-500.
Hide,
ISO 500 120th @f8
JPEG fine.
Cheers
JohnR

Hi John, there's been many great fox photos posted here but I prefer yours personally, because they are taken with such lovely surroundings.

Great fox photo!!!
Just like Des Ong I really like the surroundings

grtz,
Sam

I would be delighted to get an oppurtunity like this. Been trying for weeks. As you say it's a project that invloves the changing of te background flora it could take so long to catch the shot. Foxes and particularly cubs are just very wary animals. Brilliant stuff. MJ

Hi John,

This is a lovely shot. I dont even know where i can look for one of these.


Ian Hardy

Thanks every one .Its taken a long time to get them to co -operate. The biggest problem is them being scared off by badgers.
Thanks again for looking.
JohnR

Nice one John. For me its an excellent image all round.

Major.

Lovely shot John and I especially like the comp with the surrounding flowers setting things off nicely. Just the sort of shot we all imagine we are going to be rattling off once we have bought the first SLR only to discover how hard it is to get them.
Eric

a lovely shot John, no nits from me. The natural surroundings, interspersed with purples and yellows, really make it.

Matt

Lovely shot John , a gorgeous creature in gorgeous surroundings , excellent work

Andy...

Foxes can be the easiest or the most difficult subjects to photograph. It all depends on the individual characters of the dog and vixen. I love the alert pose and the surroundings. The environment really makes the shot. You can't go wrong with foxes in flowers! However, (and I seem to be alone here) it looks quite under-exposed - I'm guessing to avoid burning out the sunny corner?

Thanks all.
Elliott- exactly right ! The late evening sun was catching the oaks in the background and I wanted to try and keep a feel of late evening without as you say highlighting the top left too much
Heres a repost with it brightend up a bit.Cheers
John

Hi John. The only trouble with doing it this way (curves or levels) is that you effect the whole image. When I encounter a scene which has a lattitude range greater than my camera can handle, I shoot the scene as bright as possible - so the lights & highlights are right to the edge of burning out.

When I get home, I then double process the shot - Once for the shadows using the original bright version - Once for the highlights by reducing the exposure in Lightroom by up to 1 stop. This way you retain the details/data in the shadows without making it noisy.

Digital cameras capture a great deal more information in the lighter end of the spectrum than in the darks. By reducing the exposure in Lightroom, I can recover all the detail. I then selectively mask the bright area and paste into (using CTRL+Shift+V) into the mask using the darker version. It is all about creating a full tonal range - achievable without fiddly filters! Also works in reverse, if you have an overly bright/washed out sky. The amount of data captured by modern cameras in incredible, so its worth knowing how to get the most out of your data... things were so much simpler with film, hey?

Hi Elliot
I just used a dodge tool on the animal !
Cheers
john

Hi John,

Lovely capture of Fox! I simply love those eyes and that facial expression is awesome! I'd just prefer the subject to be a tadge more off center though!

Lovely inquisitive pose and, as mentioned, amongst the flowers sets it off a treat

Love the repost John another cracker!!

Cheers

Craig

www.craigchurchill.co.uk