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early morning fox

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Posted by jeff acreman on May 17, 2010 at 5:00 PM
early morning fox
taken the other day, again very early on a damp morning
canon 1d3
focal length 400mm
1/200, f5.6, iso 800
Posted by Ian Macdermott on May 17, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Very nice Jeff :toast:


Might take a bit more sharpening around the face :smile:
Posted by Rene de Heer on May 18, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Nice pose of this fox, could be a bit brighter as well
Rene de Heer
Posted by Phil Mclean on May 18, 2010 at 6:53 AM
Always such a thrill to come across these lovely animals.Agree with Ian regarding the sharpening.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Ben Darvill on May 18, 2010 at 8:20 AM
It must have been a thrill to be so close to this, and you have done well in what must have been short window of opportunity. The dew droplets on the grass really convey the early hour...

There must be a lot of pictures of foxes out there in the libraries etc. This is better than any I have, but to compete with the best I suspect it would need:

Sharper focus on eyes & head
Warmer lighting (light looks flat to me)
No grass stems covering parts of the face

All the best

Ben

Posted by eric weight on May 18, 2010 at 1:14 PM
I can't add much to what Ben has suggested, Is it a big crop? because it seems to lack detail as well to me.
:wavey: eric
Posted by Paul Rosser on May 18, 2010 at 1:31 PM
Nice image, but as said more sharpening arond the face!
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on May 18, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Hi Jeff,

Its all been said really, but I'm afraid I dont feel more sharpening will help, the face doesn't seem to be quite in focus.

Cheers,

Lewis.
:toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 20, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Lewis has hit the nail on the head Jeff, the point of focus is in front of the fox and so sharpening is not going to help much. A shame as it is a nice image.