Red Fox (wild)

[Stan]

I put "wild" as most if not all our red fox images are from the British Wildlife Centre however yesterday afternoon Dee and I went down the beach to get her some stonechat shots. On the gorse by the cliff path we found a female and having got a few shots, looked round and right in front of us was a red fox, about 7 metres away. Caught by surprise and little time to react, I managed to zoom the Sigma back to 150mm and crabbed the first shot before he was off into the undergrowth. Whilst I was getting ready Dee got a quick shot of him looking towards us, but she had the 300 f4 and 1.4x, so there was no way to get him all in the frame. Both shots are full frame although I have cropped off the left from the second

Stan

[Tigger]

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lovely shots Stan - I do prefer the second and as you had no time to get the shot you've done extremely well

[CountDavid]

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He looks very healthy and well fed. Good shots from both of you.
The little twig at the front of Dee's pic is a bit of a distraction and I think could be cropped out and still retain the integrity of the shot.

David

[Stan]

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Thanks Ian and David

The little twig at the front of Dee's pic is a bit of a distraction and I think could be cropped out and still retain the integrity of the shot

You are right but I didn't want to spend too much time on them as they are both "not quite there" but it was a simple matter to sort with the content aware fill option in Photoshop CC

Stan

[paulr5604]

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Nice shots Stan I prefer the second out of the two

[Dave_S]

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With or without twig, its a cracking shot. Well done Dee.

A lucky and fortuitous encounter indeed.

If the weather was as nice as it was here today, it must have been a very pleasant outing.

Dave

[Stan]

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thanks Paul and Dave

If the weather was as nice as it was here today, it must have been a very pleasant outing

it was p****ing all morning and really just cleared up and sun out for around the hour we were out in the afternoon

stan

[Dave_S]

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thanks Paul and Dave



it was p****ing all morning and really just cleared up and sun out for around the hour we were out in the afternoon

stan

The fact that his fur is wet, should have been a give-away really, but my attention was drawn to the eyes, and his fixed stare.

Pretty much wall-to-wall sunshine here all day, and temp up to 9C.

Dave

[the black fox]

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super stan and dee .shhhhh don't tell nat its a wild one LOL

[Nathaniel]

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A wild fox? Never thought I'd see one. Well done. Nice shot and I like it.

[Dave s]

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Second is a cracker mate

[Stan]

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Thanks for looking Dave

Stan

[tesarver]

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Love that portrait look of the 2nd image Stan

Tom

[Stan]

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thanks for looking Tom

stan

[jimsphotography]

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The little twig at the front of Dee's pic is a bit of a distraction and I think could be cropped out and still retain the integrity of the shot.

David

I think this is where some of us may differ. Removing the twig, for me, certainly does take away from the integrity of a shot of a wild fox in its natural environment. This is great capture and I really like it - twig and all.
But then it would be a boring old world if we were all the same
James