Light & Ears

[Hendri Venter]

Captured this Bat-Eared Fox at sunrise in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, RSA.

Canon 1D MK IV
Canon 600 F4 IS
ISO 1000
F4
1/800 sec
-.3 EC
Aperture Priority

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Hey Hendri, what a sighting, fantastic golden light captured and a good BG. HA is ok for me, wish it was mine TFS!!

[Morkel Erasmus]

classic Hendri! love the light, pose and POV here...and not to mention the rarity of the sighting!

[Todd Frost]

Sweet light Hendri. Nice sighting and executed well. Exposure looks good as well as sharpness. Well done.
TFS
Todd

[Hilary Hann]

Impossible not to like the lighting and subject matter here. Beautiful.

I have a question which someone may be able to answer. I find that the hairier the animal, like this one or the bears and some other creatures, the less they seem to look pin sharp and I wonder if that is an illusion because of the hair detail? And if others notice this, is there a way to counter it without over sharpening the animal?

[Harshad Barve]

wow , you gotta love the light and pose here , super capture , big congrats
TFS

[Ken Watkins]

Hendri,

Very nice with good light, I might try toning down the red a tad, and perhaps a tad more sharpening.

Hilary,

Over here we do not get many long haired animals, would interested to try on a Brown Hyena, but sightings are extremely rare.

[Marc Mol]

Very nice lighting and tentative pose, well done Hendri.
TFS

[Hendri Venter]

Thanks folks. I value your comments.

Good question Hilary but don't have an answer for you. What I did find its very easy to over sharpen.