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James Shadle
11-17-2008, 12:20 AM
Congratulations Jasper Doest!
Arctic Fox male


The parental task of the male arctic fox has always been debated. Some people say they bring food to the den, some say they do not take any parental responsibility. From what I've seen over the the past 5 years it differs from family to family. Sometimes the female does not allow any male to come close to the den...perhaps scared of her foxkits being eaten. Sometimes the female will allow the male to bring in food...the male will stay at a proper distance from the den and the female will go towards him and collect it. And this year the male did only seem to play a role in the development of the hunting behavior of his offspring. He would stay at very large distance...waiting until the foxkits would approach him...he would play with them and guide them to their hunting area's....and after that let them return to the den...sometimes under pressure of the worried mother.
This moment captured was one of the only times I was able to photograph the male when approaching the den.

Nikon D3
Nikon AF-S 500/4.0 + TC14II
1/800 @ f/8.0
ISO800, RAW
Gitzo tripod

Kaushik Balakumar
11-17-2008, 02:48 AM
Beautiful image & a well deserved IOW Jasper.
Congrats.

Manos Papadomanolakis
11-17-2008, 11:01 AM
Congratulations Jasper!!!

Fred J. Lord
11-17-2008, 12:34 PM
A magnificent capture of an elusive subject. One of nature's fascinating and beautiful creatures.

Alfred Forns
11-17-2008, 04:05 PM
Awesome image Jasper !!! Big Congrats !!!

Aidan Briggs
11-17-2008, 06:47 PM
Wonderful shot! Congrats!

Axel Hildebrandt
11-17-2008, 08:46 PM
Congratulations, Jasper! Very cool image.

Gus Cobos
11-17-2008, 10:46 PM
Congratulations Jasper...:cool:

Lana Hays
11-18-2008, 06:02 AM
Jasper
Congrats......I have fallen in love with your fox images....they are wonderful.

Sabyasachi Patra
11-18-2008, 06:25 AM
This is a superb image Jasper!
Well deserved. Congratulations!
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Jason Searle
11-20-2008, 02:00 PM
stunning image Congratulations

Mike Lentz
11-21-2008, 10:34 AM
Congrats, a real winner here!

Steve Wheeler
11-23-2008, 11:48 AM
This is oustanding Jasper... The colors jump right off the screen and I love the contrast between the fox and those colors.

Well deserved indeed!

Steve

Bruce Murden
11-23-2008, 10:12 PM
Congrats on capturing a wonderful image and a deserved win!

Robert Amoruso
11-24-2008, 05:11 PM
A real winner to be sure.

Fabs Forns
11-25-2008, 10:03 PM
Jasper, I love your Artic Fox work, amazing!