By the time this beauty appeared, the sun had climbed high enough to be awkward. It was one of those very sunny, but not yet hot early mornings and the grass was still heavy with dew, hence the wet coat.
We were both watching the same thing, a partridge working its way along the hedge.
A third fox appeared later on, but never came close enough for a sensible shot. That one was very thin and dark whereas this one appears to be in the peak of condition.
Eric you are doing well with your Foxes. Lucky so and so with three in a row.
I think the lighting shows it off well as its the subject thats illuminated leaving the BG etc in shade. Nice one.
Looks like a good condition Dog Fox, as you say lighting was getting awkward but still a very nice image. Perhaps next time just give a little "squeak" to get full eye contact and an alert pose
Regards
Rob
PS Whats the horizontal line running through the top of the image??
Thanks for the kind comments on this one and the last.
Rob - That's an Oof electric fence and I can vouch for the fact that it is live
The field contains a herd of very frisky young cattle. I never got round to trying the squeak I must admit. Sometimes it can spook them but I have on occasion squeaked them right across a field to within twenty feet, at least in the dark I have. I do find that they tend not to fall for it again once they realise that it leads them to a human, so I try to get some shots in the bank first. Good job I did, because the shutter spooked her and she just melted away through that hedge in the background.
What happened to the Brian Blessed chin then?
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13 repliesWe were both watching the same thing, a partridge working its way along the hedge.
A third fox appeared later on, but never came close enough for a sensible shot. That one was very thin and dark whereas this one appears to be in the peak of condition.
40D; Sig 500
iso 200; 1/500; f6.3
full frame
C&C welcome
I think the lighting shows it off well as its the subject thats illuminated leaving the BG etc in shade. Nice one.
Major
Best wishes
Frederic
Cheers,
Chris
Looks like a good condition Dog Fox, as you say lighting was getting awkward but still a very nice image. Perhaps next time just give a little "squeak" to get full eye contact and an alert pose
Regards
Rob
PS Whats the horizontal line running through the top of the image??
Rob - That's an Oof electric fence and I can vouch for the fact that it is live
The field contains a herd of very frisky young cattle. I never got round to trying the squeak I must admit. Sometimes it can spook them but I have on occasion squeaked them right across a field to within twenty feet, at least in the dark I have. I do find that they tend not to fall for it again once they realise that it leads them to a human, so I try to get some shots in the bank first. Good job I did, because the shutter spooked her and she just melted away through that hedge in the background.
What happened to the Brian Blessed chin then?
The Brian Blessed chin and Jonathan Ross hair was exchanged for £1500 for my local Hospice
Regards
Rob
I was expecting you to say that Mrs howard didn't like it or something similar. Your answer does you credit.
I think the head turn is very nice - if you had squeaked renard then I think it wouldn't look quite so good.
Is this that same 500mm you had at Bradgate, 'cos it's looking much better now
Drew