More Critter pictures...
I guess by now that you've figured out that I like critter shots. We'll get a little variety this time around.
Sorry, I meant for this to go into "Pictures."
Canon EOS 20D, EOS 400 f5.6 handheld @ f5.6 1/500 iso100
Canon EOS 20D, EOS 400 f5.6 handheld @ f5.6, 1/500, iso100
Canon EOS 5D MkII, EOS 400 f5.6 handheld @ f10, 1/320th, iso3200 @ 560mm
First two are [i]major[i/] wow, for me!
The detail is stunning! How far away were you from these subjects?
richard wrote:
WOW these are great.
Thanks Richard. I appreciate that. They're not perfect but I can live with 'em 'til I can do better.
[quote=tilde531]First two are [i]major[i/] wow, for me!
The detail is stunning! How far away were you from these subjects?[/quote]
Hi tilde. Thank you. I appreciate the compliment. I was about 30 ft from the fox and maybe 40 to 50 ft from the deer. My image is missing that exif data but recalling those moments, I think I'm estimating the distance pretty close. The elk was another matter. I screwed my lens all the way out to 560mm so I was a ways away from him.
I love the fox, what an intense stare... he would make a great photographer... lol...
josoIII wrote:
I love the fox, what an intense stare... he would make a great photographer... lol...
Yup, or a lecherous ol' man at a swimming pool. Thanks. He was pretty intense. Right after I snapped the shot he pounced on a field mouse and headed off into the woods with it.
gessman wrote:
josoIII wrote:
I love the fox, what an intense stare... he would make a great photographer... lol...
Yup, or a lecherous ol' man at a swimming pool. Thanks. He was pretty intense. Right after I snapped the shot he pounced on a field mouse and headed off into the woods with it.
No, I don't think that look is for pleasure, he has a mission to accomplish.
All are great! My favorite is the color contrast of the fox against the gray twigs.
gessman, love the photo of the fox and the deer. The colors are spectacular. Great job.
Great shots gessman...love the detail in the first two...makes me feel like I was there! The elk looks nice too...action shot! Nice work!
Great shots! I just wish I could've taken a shot of a gray fox that used to visit at about dark each evening. It would eat with one of our cats from a styrafoam tray (proves that they don't eat cats) It was always a little too dark to get the shot. I am considering getting a Canon T3 with a 75-300 mm. lens that I found for a good deal. Hoping to get some better shots with less shutter lag. Yours are great!
I love critter shots! All three of them are great.. especially the fox. That fox is gorgeous! Excellent job!
Thank you folks. I appreciate all your comments and even though I'm not getting as much criticism as I anticipated, I'm reading between the lines and it's very helpful to see what everyone is responding to. It helps to discriminate in future shot choices although it puts a monkey on my back to take it up another notch when my ol' body is telling me to go the other way. The fox has been an attraction, perhaps because they're not all as readily observable as other animals. I had never seen a silver fox until last year and found one frolicking among a group of red foxes long about mating season. Not sure what that means for the old adage one of my biology teachers used to explain why bluebirds and cardinals don't mate, i.e., "birds of a feather flock..." So much for that unless I'm missing something here that isn't evident.
I'm tellin' you Fred, it just ain't right...
C'mon boys, I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and foxy and......
...hmmmm!
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