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    Default Slinking along.

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    1/400, f7.1, 600mm, iso800, HH, D800

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    Dan,

    Great pose here, I might try to reduce the lighter area in FG.

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    Love the pose Dan, would agree with reducing highlights slightly.

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    Hi Dan, nice 'classic' stance, great eye contact with the viewer, slight raise paw helps the subject.

    The foxes that I'm try to photograph over here have a similar stance when hunting, however where the game birds are, the area is cordoned off with a high voltage wire so when the fox hits this with his/her nose they get a shock to try an deter them away.

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    Dan,

    Very nice pose, nice to see you are on his level. I don't know how you manage to find these guys.

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    Dan - I too like the pose and low pov. Agree about toning down the highlights. Is this a large crop or have you done a lot of recovery here? It doesn't seem to me to have the same IQ as your other shots.

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    I like the skulking pose here Dan (sorry for being late on this one).
    What do you think of this repost?
    Went for a multiplied luminosity mask to tone down highlights (15% opacity).
    Ran Nik Tonal Contrast on the coyote only through a mask.
    Dodged shadows on the snout and eyes.
    Selectively sharpened eyes and snout.
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    Thanks Morkel, it looks great.
    Rachel, it was just not great light, so I did what I could because I liked the pose.
    I toned down the coyotes back a lot.
    Morkel's PP skill is just better than mine and he improves it.
    It was stalking something, namely me.
    I saw the Coyote and was not going to bother taking a photo because of midday light,
    until it turned and came right toward me so I crouched and shot away until it got too close!
    I finally stood up and
    it spooked and ran.
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