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    Default Arctic fox with Eider duck

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    This is another one from Spitsbergen. In the middle of the night, 3 am we got woken up by one of the local scientists we jumped into our clothes and ran outside only to find several arctic fox pups fighting over an Eider duck female carcas that was just as big as them, unfortunately we had some terrible light so I couldn't really freeze any of the fights. I did manage to freeze this shot of one of the foxes trying to get away with the kill. It didn't succeed......

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    Great image and action, the pup looks quite busy at the moment :)

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    Well done and that is one large carcass and one small fox.

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    I really like the gleam in this guy's eye. Too bad the duck is so large it blocks the view of the pup's legs.

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    Great behavior captured. The tight crop works very well here.

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    Nice colors, detail, and comp Krijn. I also like the glint in the eye and the "square" comp of the pup and the duck carcass with the parallel tail and whatever parts of the duck on the ground.
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    I like this shot. It talks about the feeding behaviour of the arctic fox.

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    Excellent action captured here Krijn! I agree it would have been even better if you could have seen the fox his legs....the colours look a bit on the cool side...besides that a really fine shot to be proud of!

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    Must have been great to observe..to capture this as well as you have is as bonus considering the difficult light ...well done

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