Arctic Fox

[Rachel Hollander]

Another of one of the fox kits taken in Svalbard in August.

Canon 5D3
300 II plus 2x III
1/400
f5.6
ISO 1600
Tripod, cropped for comp about 25%, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective color adjustments, sharpened in CS6.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Rachel, glad you were able to spend some time with these little characters.

As an image, sadly it doesn't grab me unfortunately, I think if there were more cubs or that they were playing/interacting then the dynamics of the image would dramatically change. Very minor, but I might be inclined to either lose a sliver off the top, but certainly some off the FG. Not sure, but based on viewing on the laptop, dropping the blue in the rocks and adding a mid tone adjustment layer seems to help the overall image, the grass has more depth, but my screen is not as accurate as at home, WDYT?

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Rachel,
i like the downhill walking pose of this young chap.I am not asking for some mates to play with :w3.
I quite like the overall color but would agree by toning down the blues in the rocks.
Overall a bit light and flat in tonal variation, maybe a mid tone would help, as per Steve.

I would change the crop , because this little guy looks a bit lost in the almost center of the image, i personally would give him more space to the right and leave almost everything in the FG, but would loose some on LHS and top.

TFS Andreas

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Steve and Andreas for the comments and suggestions. I think Andreas's suggestion for an alternate crop works better for me than Steve's. I sort of like the fg with the flowers and plenty of space for the fox to trot into (which it did).

Thanks again,
Rachel

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Nice sighting Rachel. Agree with an alternate crop. I like the setting very much. TFS.

[dankearl]

I also second a crop alternate, I would go tighter, maybe 2/3 of the frame.
It appears the image could handle it. The fox looks great.

[edwardselfe]

Nice details and behaviour - think it's a bit thin and flat as per other comments. Crop suggestions are interesting and good possibilities.
Ed

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Rachel,

you lucky duck with those animals. We saw only one far away. I as well agree with the crop suggestion with this one.

Have a great eve

Ciao
Anette

[Morkel Erasmus]

To me, not as appealing as some of your other Svalbard stuff, Rachel. A nice documentary image, though. I wonder why you didn't shoot from a lower POV? Ditch the tripod and crouch, shooting handheld?
I'd go with Mr Liedmann's crop :5