Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending May 9th, 2014: Neil Burton - Finally, a fox
Congratulations Neil!
Last year I stumbled upon an unused earth which was occupied for a day or two (vixen was perhaps moving her family to another area) and I managed to get some noisy pictures. This year i have been watching an earth for a while with no photographic success, the little monsters were just too shy (foxes are very shy here in Bavaria due to hunting). They also have 5 entrances to chose from, all of them behind trees and nettles. But now they are maybe 1 month old they are getting bold. Finally after a week of camera trap work, to find the best times, I sat on Friday in the pouring rain. I sat and I sat. I got wet. Then, like magic, the sun came out :o
5DIII, 500 f4 @ f4 (BG is busy, especially with sun on wet vegetation) ISO400, 1/4000sec (yes next time I will drop my ISO ;) ) Continuous stealth mode (5DIII beats the any 1D body on this!)
The sun made it a bit contrasty but it was after 6PM so not too harsh and right behind me. Hope you like this as much as I enjoyed sitting there watching 4 mini predators for 20 minutes!
Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending May 9th, 2014: Neil Burton - Finally, a fox
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