The young red fox quickly eats the fish. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) - animal in human care.
The young red fox quickly eats the fish. Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) - animal in human care.
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I made a photo on a one photographic event with my friends in the Czech Republic. This young male fox is an animal in human care.Time
This photo was taken on 3 November 2017 at 16:05. Our intention was to photograph a fox from a frog perspective. Images of a hungry fox looking and fishing in a shallow part of a pond.Lighting
The evening soft light was amazing, there were no sharp shadows, and the light reflected from the surface. I photographed from a tripod very low above the water surface of the pond. The gentle breeze has just stopped and the surface has begun to be mirrored. I used these conditions and changed my angle of view to get a mirror image of two foxes at once.Equipment
This photo was shot on a Nikon D5, with a lens of 400 mm f / 2.8, ISO 1250, aperture f/2,8, shutter speed 1/1600. I used the Manfrotto Carbon Tripod and Jobu solid gimbal head.Inspiration
I like free nature and animals, all living creatures and plants, but specially and most of all animals, both wild and domestic. I like to take the animals from the level of their eyes. But lately I'm going more down and I often use a frog perspective.Editing
I used only minimal adjustments in original editing software from Nikon: Nikon Capture NXD. Here I just slightly modified brightness, contrast, white balance and saturation.In my camera bag
In my bag I normally have one/two full frame camera Nikon (D5/D4S) and several lenses, always according to the current photographic intention. Most often I use versatile Nikor lenses 24-70 f/2.8 mm and 70-200 f/2.8 mm and macro lens Nikkor 200mm f/4. I like to use great telephoto lenses for animal photography: Nikkor 300 f/2.8, Nikkor 400 f/2.8 and recently the new Nikkor lens 200-500 f/5.6.Feedback
Do not be afraid to try to very low above the water surface. The angle of shooting is to be tested on the spot. Try, Try and try until a satisfactory result. 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 biotope. 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.