Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 30 June 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
I ran across a female fox and her two pups while out shooting Saturday (28 June) morning. The mother crossed the trail and disappeared (no doubt so she could keep a close eye on me and my movements) while the two pups waited. They did allow me to get fairly close.
This is the one decent shot I took of the two together.
For a more detailed explanation of the encounter, please see the comments from yesterday's post.
Magnificent sighting, splendid capture.
30 Jun 2008 12:32am
extremely vivid, so great moment !
30 Jun 2008 12:48am
A great find with such rich colors. Wonderful, Ron.
30 Jun 2008 1:06am
2 ! You're not lucky... did you discover a clover field ? :-) How cute they are !
30 Jun 2008 1:38am
Such a fantastic moment, and a equally fantastic shot!
30 Jun 2008 5:20am
Awww bless them, I love how their wonderful red coat, contrasts with the green. A great catch Ron.
30 Jun 2008 6:19am
Love this twice as much as yesterday ;) lol also the colours are superb
30 Jun 2008 7:51am
Great opportunity, Ron. I love these animals, so graceful and we have so invaded their world.
30 Jun 2008 7:53am
Wonderful shot - the two together are just great. The colors are so wonderful and the way they are watching you is priceless....
30 Jun 2008 8:06am
@Chris: Thanks, Chris, I appreciate your visits and comments. I was really fortunate to encounter these little beauties. The fact that it happened in the Missouri Botanical Garden (a protected and well maintained public space) helps to account for the deep green of the grass. But, we here in Missouri are in the midst of our wettest spring on record. I've lived here most of my life and have never seen such green, green conditions.
Oh splendid, I know the difficults to take a picture of fox... The colors are beautiful... Great shot...
30 Jun 2008 8:47am
beautiful capture. their color looks so rich with the richness of the green all around them. I like the composition a lot also
30 Jun 2008 9:05am
Great job!
30 Jun 2008 10:25am
Very cute - natural capture Ron. Do you feed them...?
30 Jun 2008 10:52am
wow .. Great job ! really nice shot with beauty colors ! lovely image .. tnx
30 Jun 2008 11:04am
They're so adorable!! Another wonderful capture and lovely processing!:-)
30 Jun 2008 11:20am
Another excellent image, Ron. Again, beautiful colors and contrast. Love their expressions.
30 Jun 2008 11:25am
Cool encounter - nice capture, Ron.
30 Jun 2008 11:39am
Lovely picture!
30 Jun 2008 11:55am
A very nice capture. Doesn't happen all the time to meet such nice guys ;-)
30 Jun 2008 1:09pm
they look so cute when they're so little, but beware the mama fox... beautiful capture. great color and soft light
30 Jun 2008 2:14pm
Lovely shot, the expression on the one on the right is priceless. Love the contrast of the red fur and greenery.
30 Jun 2008 2:44pm
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Beautiful lighting! Always good to be in the right place at exactly the right time.
30 Jun 2008 3:38pm
Thanks for the detailed explanation in response. I really do appreciate how you approach a shot and encounter certain situations such as the randomness of the foxes running around. This shot is just simply adorable!
30 Jun 2008 11:13pm
what amazing luck! and they seem unafraid! what splendid color! bravo!
1 Jul 2008 1:16pm
What a bit of luck! Excellent image. The saturation is very efffective.
1 Jul 2008 8:41pm
i like this one too, i like how the foxes jump off the page
2 Jul 2008 1:44pm
They sure pop off the page and the positioned themselves for a perfect shot.
5 Jul 2008 11:53pm
Oh my, good shot! Their color stands out so beautifully against the green.
6 Jul 2008 7:31pm
Great shot ! Simply beautiful !
11 Jul 2008 3:39am
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