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    Hello Everyone,

    Thought I'd show you a different species tonight, a lovely creature we do not see in this forum that often: a Cape Fox!

    Image taken recently in the Kalahari. It was about 7 pm and I was returning from my afternoon drive when I noticed those beautiful youngsters. Err...there were five of them, all at the den! I just had to stop and take a few images, despite fading light...

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    Hope you all have a lovely week-end,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Gabriela - This works very well. Nice low pov, tones, sharpness and colors. The only time I have ever seen these foxes has either been at night, at a distance or running away so no good images. I'm glad you got a few. Looking forward to seeing more of these.

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    Excellent capture Gabriela. I like those sharp eyes, big ears and the pleasing soft colours. You did very well in the given light. Thanks for sharing this rare fox image.
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    Ho Gabriela, a nice encounter and the position looks good, great to have the face clear of any grasses and a 'dreamy' backdrop. Again, another good low POV and I like the contrast between the soil and the vegetation. For me the image looks quite 'light' and I would have expected a bit more depth of tone, for 7.00pm. I think you could afford to loose a little off the top??? I wonder if the pink flower should go, just above the back??

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    Thank you so much Rachel, Sanjeev and Steve,

    Steve, I will look into the issues you raised. Was afraid to crop closer as I felt the IQ might suffer: do you think I can loose a bit off the top without taking off from the LHS as well? Will remove the pink flower - I nearly did, thought I should hear your thoughts first

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    Will remove the pink flower
    Just hold fire and wait to see what others think.

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    Gabby how are you?

    What a stunning creature the capture is just lovely,the wrapped around tail is sooooo gorgeous. Obviously those big dark pools of eyes are an incredible draw,as with the ears,which just plain make me smile.

    gabby I know little of this fox,what I love about this image is that there is enough information within for me to know he/she is just outside the den.
    Steve's and actually your eagle eyes and that flower, it doesn't really bother me,but once spotted almost feels slightly out of place,I feel if there were others i'm be happier leaving in place,but maybe you are both right and it should go.

    Great work at iso 5000 Gabriealla i'm gradually getting braver with my higher iso but in no way there yet. Ahh mate I so adore your images,this being no exception great pov too. I'm also interested in what Steve mentioned about the image being quite light,I actually sort of like it this way Gabby,the eyes just pop so strongly.

    Beautiful imagery and the following thought,as always very absorbing

    Thanks for sharing mate

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    Dear Steve,

    Your thoughts mean lot to me. So I will hold fire for now, LOL

    Warmest regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart Philpott View Post
    Gabby how are you?

    What a stunning creature the capture is just lovely,the wrapped around tail is sooooo gorgeous. Obviously those big dark pools of eyes are an incredible draw,as with the ears,which just plain make me smile.

    gabby I know little of this fox,what I love about this image is that there is enough information within for me to know he/she is just outside the den.
    Steve's and actually your eagle eyes and that flower, it doesn't really bother me,but once spotted almost feels slightly out of place,I feel if there were others i'm be happier leaving in place,but maybe you are both right and it should go.

    Great work at iso 5000 Gabriealla i'm gradually getting braver with my higher iso but in no way there yet. Ahh mate I so adore your images,this being no exception great pov too. I'm also interested in what Steve mentioned about the image being quite light,I actually sort of like it this way Gabby,the eyes just pop so strongly.

    Beautiful imagery and the following thought,as always very absorbing

    Thanks for sharing mate

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    Dear Stu,

    Thank you so much for kind comments.

    As Steve mentioned above, I could add more "pop" - and I will:) The fox was gorgeous indeed and so were its siblings, you will get to see them all in due course!

    Hope you have a wonderful week ahead, brace yourself for more fox, lion and cheetah images from me...

    Warmest regards,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Gabriela - No surprise that my feeling is that the flower is there and natural so it should stay.

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    Hello again friends,

    And thank you so much for your comments and critique

    Here's an RP on this cutie, now with some subtle changes

    Hope you all a wonderful day,
    Gabriela Plesea

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    Hi Gabriela reminds me of the time we had with them in the totally drought and with the kids .
    Love this species and the image just works very well , so peaceful looking and even if being an adult the fox does look cute with those big eyes . I like the RP and it is an improvement for sure .
    Lovely overall good colors and soft tones which fits well to the scene .

    Nice work Gabriela ....

    TFS Andreas

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    Thank you so much Andreas,

    Only recently I was looking through those folders you are talking about! I shall never forget the fun we all had watching that fox family:)

    Glad you like this little chap. Trying to bring some variety in my posts so you guys do not get bored, will see what's next

    Have a lovely day, the week-end is near Boetie, more PP work for me, yay!

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    Gabriela Plesea

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