Posted by jeff acreman on May 10, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Canon
focal length 89mm
1/100, F7.1, iso1600
taken in rear garden, via patio hide position, waited for 2+ hours for this vixon to show up, she was a regular visitor to our bird bath, at first she stood on the patio, but could not reach bird bath, but quickly learnt that by standing on the adjacent flower tub she could easily reach the water
Kudos for getting the shot, you've captured classic fox initiative! It's a little too central compositionally for me and looks like it would benefit from some flash. Alternatively next time you could try shooting at a bigger aperture and lower iso rating so you can lift the exposure afterwards without introducing too much noise.
Surprised you've had over 100 views and no comments on this - it's a charming little shot.
I quite like this Jeff, 89mm is amazing! I think this has a lot of potential. I agree with Simon that the composition is a bit off, but if you take a bit off the right (to an almost square crop) It'll work well. It also looks like it could do with some more sharpening.
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4 repliesfocal length 89mm
1/100, F7.1, iso1600
taken in rear garden, via patio hide position, waited for 2+ hours for this vixon to show up, she was a regular visitor to our bird bath, at first she stood on the patio, but could not reach bird bath, but quickly learnt that by standing on the adjacent flower tub she could easily reach the water
Surprised you've had over 100 views and no comments on this - it's a charming little shot.
Simon
Billy
Nits covered.
Lee