Sleeping Beauty's Fox Cubs

[christopher galeski]

Taken yesterday,its quite rare to catch them asleep outside their earth,some say Fox den,we call them Fox Earth,there is 4together and one on its own,look carefully you will spot the 5th one.cannon5D MK111,500MM ,F4,IS, MK1 LENS,700MM ,FL,tripod,ISO2000,F7.1,1/500S.crop,sharpened,SH,CB.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Lovely image of the sleeping kits. I am not sure what I'd do with the bit of rock in the URC.
Really nicely done!

[haseeb badar]

Hi Christopher -- nice moment you have got here , i liked the folded up pose ! I find the foreground especially where ur copyright is a bit distracting . BTW what is this place called ?

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Chris - I see the tiny bit of the fifth one! Interesting to see the 4 all intertwined and sleeping outside the den (yes, we call it a den here). I'm curious how much of a crop this is and also where your fp was. If it was mine, I would back off on the sharpening on the rock to the right of the foxes. Although it is in the same plane, it looks sharper than the foxes and draws the eye a bit.

TFS,
Rachel

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking,Rachel,the FP was just above the bit of eye on the second cub from right,this is not a large crop,was no more than 30ft away,haseed,this place is a old disused quarry in Lancashire UK.Thanks again.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Nice scene here, Christopher.
I agree with the observations of the rock sharpness, selective use of the clarity brush in LR could help the foxes pup more.
I would crop from the top to lose that bright upper right corner?

[Gabriela Plesea]

Sweet bundles of fur they are and you captured them so well, Christopher! I hope you have more on these little guys, this frame just wet my appetite:)

Enjoyed looking for No. 5, found just a tip of the muzzle and he seems fast asleep - awesome, love that you managed not to disturb them and to capture this tranquil scene...

IQ permitting, I would follow Morkel's crop suggestion followed by Rachel's regarding rock on the RHS... I am smiling from ear to ear looking at this image Chris, truly delightful in every way

Have a great Sunday,

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking and comments Morkel and Gabriela,the5th fox cubs ears and a tad of itsa head,are at the bottom of the sharp rock,to the right of the frame.thanks again.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Oh I see!!!! What I saw was a "muzzle" looking thing just above the grass on the RHC, LOL, that must have been a rock... Cool! Thank you Chris!

[keith mitchell]

Chris I missed this, one of the best Fox cub natural history Images I have seen ,lovely natural shot with no disturbance to your subjects, very well done.

Keith.