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Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) - the fox traces its prey

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) - the fox traces its prey
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cameraNIKON D4S

settings Aperture 4/1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/640 Focal Length 400/1 

upload_dateApr, 2017

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21 Comments |
laurenkaymyers
 
laurenkaymyers April 29, 2017
Love this! Beautiful lighting.
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EuroBen April 29, 2017
Thank you!
debbieturnage
 
debbieturnage April 29, 2017
WOW!
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EuroBen April 29, 2017
Thank you!
hfuchs
 
hfuchs December 10, 2017
great shot
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EuroBen December 11, 2017
thank you :-)
CatWezel66
 
CatWezel66 December 11, 2017
Perfect ????
eladeszcz
 
eladeszcz April 02, 2018
Beautiful shot!
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p_eileenbaltz April 03, 2018
Beautiful work......congratulations on winning another award.
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots April 03, 2018
Beautiful shot! Congrats.
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JM18Photography April 03, 2018
Congratulations!
marcbaechtold
 
marcbaechtold May 14, 2018
cool photograph with nice details and good contrasts, keep shooting!
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Nostroboy June 17, 2018
Magnificent frame ! Great work
isabeluffey
 
isabeluffey July 08, 2018
Beautiful
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Byronfairphotography September 17, 2018
Awesome capture. / Voted
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EuroBen September 30, 2018
Thank You :-)
sharonotero
 
sharonotero September 26, 2018
Love the lighting. Nice shot!
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EuroBen September 30, 2018
Thank You :-)
volkerknest
 
volkerknest March 05, 2019
how cute
RickL PRO+
 
RickL March 11, 2019
You captured the feel of the hunt for dinner
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EuroBen March 12, 2019
Thank You, Rick :-)
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animalartist October 08, 2019
Gorgeous back-lighting and prowling pose!
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EuroBen October 08, 2019
Thank You, Cynthia :-)
mikesmith_5720
 
mikesmith_5720 December 15, 2022
Stunning Fox capture, nice light too
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EuroBen August 20, 2023
Many Thanks! 😊
deniseswartz
 
deniseswartz December 29, 2022
Love this
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EuroBen August 20, 2023
Many Thanks! 😊
mikesmith_5720
 
mikesmith_5720 January 14, 2023
Beautiful Fox capture this, nice light too
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Thank You 😊
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CG August 02, 2023
Gorgeous Composition
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Thank You 😊
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leeannnix August 08, 2023
Beautiful!
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EuroBen August 20, 2023
Thank You 😊

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Behind The Lens

Location

I made a photo on a photographic event with my friends in the Czech Republic. This young male fox "Ferda" is an animal in human care.

Time

This photo was taken on 8 November 2015 at 16:35. The evening soft light was amazing, fox Ferda was in a good mood and willing to show off. I lay in the meadow to have the lens as low as possible above the terrain.

Lighting

And I expected a suitable composition when the fox would be directly opposite the low sun to capture the glowing aura. I was lucky and managed. It did not take long and I got the right moment and so he could create this photo against the setting sun.

Equipment

This photo was shot on a Nikon D4S, with a fast lens of 400 mm f / 2.8, ISO 200, aperture f/4, shutter speed 1/1250. I used the Manfrotto Carbon Tripod and Jobu solid gimbal head.

Inspiration

I love nature and especially wild animals, birds, reptiles and insects. But I'm very busy at work, now I can not take part in a time-consuming expedition or wait in nature for a good opportunity. That's why I'm looking for the opportunity to photograph wild animals in human care. Animal rescue stations provide a lot of opportunities to photograph animals with disabilities that can not return to nature. That's why I took advantage of the unique possibility of assisted photography of birds of prey and owls, which are tame, well tolerant of human presence, and represent little risk to the photographer.

Editing

I used only minimal adjustments in Nikon Capture: brightness, contrast, white balance, colour saturation. I love natural photos. Realistic shots without big adjustments. I try to capture all my photos so I do not have to use the massive post-processing. I know it is very modern and trendy today, but I do not work with popular PS or LR or other editing software. I invoke my NEF only in original Nikon Capture and make only minor basic edits. Maybe my photos could be even more attractive, but I want to show real reality.

In my camera bag

The contents of my robust Tamrac bag is primarily a powerful digital camera that I can rely on in every weather. Now I'm normally using the body Nikon D6 and the backup body Nikon D850. I normally wear Nikkor lenses 24-70 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8. These "workers" have always been with me. On the "macro" action I take the excellent lens Nikkor micro 105 f/2,8. For wild animals and birds photography I need to pack "heavier weight" - now I'm using the zoom-lens Nikkor 180-400 f/4 (with TC 1.4x) and fast lenses Nikkor 300 f/2.8 and Nikkor 200 f/2. For the last three years, I have also been learning to photograph wild with the new mirrorless cameras from Nikon, at the moment it is Z6ii and Z7ii .

Feedback

Do not be afraid to try to shoot directly against the setting or rising sun and/or at a suitable angle. Try, Try and try. The satisfactory result will surely come. When it comes to photographing the endangered animal species, I recommend the form of "assisted photography". It's about photographing a species of wild animal that is in human care. The animal is tame, working well with it, and it is especially safe for humans. Most importantly, the photographer does not disturb wild animals in their natural biotop. Today there is a trend commercial group photographic expeditions to exotic countries. From the yield is funded the rescue of endangered animal species. But too frequent visits of groups of people in animal biotopes are very disturbing and stressful for endangered animals and their food chain. These expeditions can become very destructive for small animal populations and, instead of rescuing animals, can speed their extinction. We all photographers have to think, whether our money really helps those animals.

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