Thank you for your time and detailed critique of this image. As to the high ISO used, it was late in the day and the light was waning. In addition, the fox was moving about at a brisk pace and only stopped for a moment for a scratch. I cannot fully explain the blurred areas except that they may have been outside the DOF since the fox was in a rather curved posture. It may also have been the gusty wind that we were experiencing. As to the composition, I am quite happy with it as is. Had the fox been facing to the right I may have been inclined to move him further to the left, but since he was nearly facing the camera I thought the eyes on one of the "rule of thirds" key points was conventional enough.

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Red Fox, Churchill, Manitoba. Canon R5, 100-500mm lens

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Canada Goose in flight. Canon R5, 100-500mm lens.

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I appreciate your comments. However, I am more about the wildlife experience and capturing the experience than I am about tweaking it to perfection. I'm sure all of your ideas would result in a better final product. Go ahead and see what you can do and PM me the results.

It's a pretty picture but I think you have brightened the red channel a bit too much. To my knowledge, oak trees are never that red, more of a bronzie red, I think.

Except that those are oak trees.

I don't use auto ISO when shooting birds against the sky. I prefer to go full manual and set my ISO, Shutter speed and aperture based on a grey card exposure. Auto ISO always tries to darken the sky to 18% grey and makes the birds so dark you can't recover the shadows.

Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Canon R6, Canon RF100-500 @ 500mm; 1/3200, f7.1, ISO3200

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Little Grimsey Island, near Drangsnes in the Westfjord area of Iceland. (Note: Not the large Grimsey Island which is the northernmost part of Iceland and right on the Arctic circle.)

Dave, I'm flattered. Never known you to be at a loss (or even a shortage) of words. Cheers.

No. Handheld and mechanical shutter.

Panasonic GX8, Panasonic 100-400mm lens @364mm, f9, 1/125, ISO200

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Spirit Bears are so called because of their status with the indigenous people of the region. They are actually a colour morph of black bears which is caused by a double recessive gene. When both parents carry the recessive gene there is a one-in-ten chance that the cub will be white, regardless of the colour of the parents. There are somewhere between 50 and 500 white Spirit Bears in the area of the Great Bear Rainforest. The area is very remote and rugged so accurate counts are not possible.

Two of my photographs were published in the latest Journal of the International Ocean Geographic Society. One is included here, the other was a double page image and is hard to scan.

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I prefer #3. The image is darker and has a stronger 'evening' feel. I prefer the muted colours in the sky to more water. I feel the sun being closer to the bottom of the frame gives a more intimate image as the sun seems closer. #3 is a 'wall hanger' while the other two are studies in composition. However, having said all that, this discussion belongs in the "For Your Consideration" or the "Photo Analysis". It is in clear violation of Rule #2 (see the very first post in this section).