Soggy fox

King4aDay · 1 May 2008 at 19:08

Spent most of yesterday soaking wet and smelling of fox poo, but got a few reasonable shots for my effort. Pleased with the sharpness from my 70-300VR considering the conditions.

Zefan · 1 May 2008 at 19:11

What beautiful creatures, love the shots.

Inquisitor · 1 May 2008 at 19:18

Nice shots, but a little over-saturated I think, especially the last.

King4aDay · 1 May 2008 at 19:26

Inquisitor said:
Nice shots, but a little over-saturated I think, especially the last.

You may be right, was processing them with the sun falling on my screen, may have to take another look once it gets dark

Inquisitor · 1 May 2008 at 19:35

Also, get that Exif data back in there

King4aDay · 1 May 2008 at 19:42

Exif should be embedded, I can view it using a firefox plugin.

D200, 70-300VR, ISO 200, shutter from 90th-250th, aperture from f5-6.7, focal lengths 165-300mm. Very small crops, if any.

Messiah Khan · 1 May 2008 at 19:51

Nice shots Tom, although a little radioactive with the saturation. Any full body shots? How did you get the shots, you use a hide?

Inquisitor · 1 May 2008 at 19:57

King4aDay said:
Exif should be embedded, I can view it using a firefox plugin.

D200, 70-300VR, ISO 200, shutter from 90th-250th, aperture from f5-6.7, focal lengths 165-300mm. Very small crops, if any.

Ah yeah, my bad. Firefox was being uncooperative at my end

King4aDay · 1 May 2008 at 20:06

Messiah Khan said:
Nice shots Tom, although a little radioactive with the saturation. Any full body shots? How did you get the shots, you use a hide?

Nah I'm a big fat cheat, these were taken at the British Wildlife Centre. Going to knock the saturation back on these a touch, will let you know when I do. Think I've got some wider shots somewhere,e let me dig through lightroom.

V-Spec · 1 May 2008 at 20:13

King4aDay said:
Nah I'm a big fat cheat, these were taken at the British Wildlife Centre. Going to knock the saturation back on these a touch, will let you know when I do. Think I've got some wider shots somewhere,e let me dig through lightroom.

lol, +1 for admitting they were captive/controlled conditions, not many people do!

I really like the shots, I like the middle one the best as you've captured that "smug" confident look that a lot of foxes have, it stands out the most for me,
I dislike the last one the most, as people have already said the processing is like i'm on LSD, maybe a little less green.

King4aDay · 1 May 2008 at 20:25

Right, pics reprocessed with the advantage of actually being able to see my screen

Saturation now as it came out the camera.

King4aDay · 1 May 2008 at 20:33

And some wider shots just for MK, seeing as he asked so politely

. First is best by a long way.

Rob200sx · 1 May 2008 at 20:49

fantastic shots but I feel that number 2 on your first post could do with cropping, the body doesn't look quite right but also it's also such a strong portrait that the body part seems superfluous(sp), maybe crop a quarter off from the bottom?

It does seem that the ends justified the means! knee deep in poo to get the shot

33L · 2 May 2008 at 08:20

not to be sceptical but i feel some of the shots could be on the borderline of being blown out. taking the last 2 for example. The first of the last too the jaw and ears seem a little 'hot' where as you look at the last image and there is still plent of detail in the same areas.

King4aDay · 2 May 2008 at 10:00

33L said:
not to be sceptical but i feel some of the shots could be on the borderline of being blown out. taking the last 2 for example. The first of the last too the jaw and ears seem a little 'hot' where as you look at the last image and there is still plent of detail in the same areas.

Yeah you're right, they're not actually blown but they are close to it. The last 3 I just threw up for MK without spending any time on.