Foxy

[lovelife65]

Lime Kiln State Park - Friday Harbor WA
Foxes out and about. Were looking for handouts
Used my camera as well as my hubbies which is a zoom.

Our Yellow Lab was in the Jeep having a FIT. His black sister not as much.

#1



#2



#3

[Geoff F]

The second and third images are absolutely excellent.

[lovelife65]

The second and third images are absolutely excellent.

Thank you very much Geoff. Was disappointed that #1 was such a rush I didn't capture what I really wanted, yet I loved the stalking movement . The third, unfortunately I didn't quite get the full tail. Learning process! They were such amazingly beautiful creatures.

[madcrow]

Beautiful images and fox. #2, #3 outstanding and very well taken.

[Craigie]

+1 to Geoff comments, though I would have cloned out the two longest reeds on its leg and to the LH side of the leg.

[Geoff F]

But at least the fox is looking slightly upwards with the first image, and you also have a good shadow.

[Shadowman]

Nicely exposed.

[Cantab]

Interesting photos. Do you know if these foxes on San Juan are native or introduced? As far as I'm aware (but I could be wrong) there are no foxes on Vancouver Island just a few miles away from your photos.

[lovelife65]

Interesting photos. Do you know if these foxes on San Juan are native or introduced? As far as I'm aware (but I could be wrong) there are no foxes on Vancouver Island just a few miles away from your photos.

Thank you! My understanding is that they are non native. In some areas they have become a traffic hazard, and there are signs up to not feed them. We didn't go looking for them, we were just exploring. They were definitely interested in me, one was approaching while I was composing and I freaked out a little.
They really are not very welcome.... Guess they were introduced maybe in the 1900s?

[Rita]

So nice when animals show up and then pose for you. I am intrigued with how thick the foxes coat is, can't say that I have seen that before.

[Wavelength]

Superb shots.....

[lovelife65]

So nice when animals show up and then pose for you. I am intrigued with how thick the foxes coat is, can't say that I have seen that before.

LOL. Yeah, they so wanted food . They have beautiful coats. The difficulty here (and I can see it in a bit of missing focus/detail) is it was really windy and cold! Coats were blowing and hands were freezing.

[lovelife65]

Superb shots.....

Thank you Nandakumar

[NorthernFocus]

Technicals are good, Sharon. The second one is best for content IMO. Eye contact would have made it an excellent image. One challenge with habituated animals is that they are often so unconcerned with human presence that they won't look at the camera. In those situations it's worth a try whistling, etc, to try to get them to glance your way. Once an animal gets too close to get it completely in the frame with a desirable composition, then it's best to compose for head/eye position and forget about the rest. Even though people may not be aware of it we inherently want to see heads/faces/eyes above all else. Nice effort for an unexpected situation.

[Cantab]

Once an animal gets too close to get it completely in the frame with a desirable composition, then it's best to compose for head/eye position and forget about the rest.

When an animal gets too close, another alternative is to run or otherwise remove yourself in an appropriately safe fashion. This reminds me of a photo of a coyote (wolf?) I took 40+ years ago in the Rockies. We'd stopped where the Trans-Canada Highway used to cross the Great Divide. This was an area frequented by visitors but we found ourselves dealing with an aggressive carnivore. It was habituated to humans but only to a limited extent -- or was very hungry.

[Rita]

LOL. Yeah, they so wanted food . They have beautiful coats. The difficulty here (and I can see it in a bit of missing focus/detail) is it was really windy and cold! Coats were blowing and hands were freezing.

Distance wise, I am not that overly far from you. I know about that wind and freezing hands

[lovelife65]

Technicals are good, Sharon. The second one is best for content IMO. Eye contact would have made it an excellent image. One challenge with habituated animals is that they are often so unconcerned with human presence that they won't look at the camera. In those situations it's worth a try whistling, etc, to try to get them to glance your way. Once an animal gets too close to get it completely in the frame with a desirable composition, then it's best to compose for head/eye position and forget about the rest. Even though people may not be aware of it we inherently want to see heads/faces/eyes above all else. Nice effort for an unexpected situation.

Very appreciated comments, and I do agree. We were calling the little guy to get him to look. Maybe he was annoyed at our one lab making a fuss about him. I did get him to look over once but wasn't happy about lack of focus.



And neither was he, he ended up saying see ya, no food I'm out of here.