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Fox peers out from his den.
Fox peers out from his den.
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Aug, 2014Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
A winding mountain road in Alaska, fortunately on a straight enough stretch to stop barely pulled over.Time
It was about 8:30 a.m. I was returning from dropping my kids off for school. Almost never see cars during the weekday in that area.Lighting
The den seemed to really damp down the available light when I zoomed in so I had opened the aperture and increased the shutter release time.Equipment
My Olympus with a zoom lense 70-300. No tripod, I stayed right in the car, rolled down the window and used the window and edge of the door frame to "trap" the lens and hold it steady.Inspiration
I had seen brief flashes of this little fox a couple times but my captures were blurry and unusable because he was too fast and I was too slow. So I began driving that stretch with my camera bag open right between the drivers and passenger seats. This day, when I caught sight of him I rolled the window down a bit, shifted into neutral and shut the key off so I rolled to a quiet stop. Ju t turned out to be the approach as he sat and stares at me, practically posing for around 30 clicks.Editing
Not much post processing. I added a little light and lowered contrast slightly to bring his tail into view.In my camera bag
Now I shoot Nikon. At that time I had an Olympus e5. I got tired of missing shots so routinely kept my camera, sans lens cap, but lense down in a soft cover in my open bag between the seats.Feedback
Fluid motion when your approaching your shot seems to be more mesmerizing than startling for animals. The more frantic I felt, the more likely the animals were to run away.
