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Foxy foxes - again #7686
04/10/07 10:55 PM
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Here is the third day of shooting the babies (with the D80). I think these are the best so far. Today we had more sunlight so I used the AFS 300 F4 with the Tamron 1.4 TC. We were also able to get closer to the fox hole (my wife wanted to take a closer look), probably about 10' away. My wife sighted the mother first, I took a quick snap and it was a blur (to the trrashcan). We then saw the babies again. Here is a few photos of one of the more brazen ones.













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Re: Foxy foxes - again [Re: lv1] #7687
04/12/07 08:39 PM
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Wow that's amazing Laslo, are these guys wild or captive?


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04/14/07 04:15 PM
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Wow that's amazing Laslo, are these guys wild or captive?




The foxes are wild. I think there is a littler of about 4-5.


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04/15/07 12:40 AM
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They are just amazing. The lead-off is my favorite so far. How far out are you from Manhattan?

James

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04/15/07 10:23 AM
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Nice job. I'd recommend, again, go there just after a rain, and when it's overcast. Also, try to position yourself at their eye level, or lower if possible, I realize they are short little buggers. Also watch the stray sticks and branches.

Also, "sit on them" until you get some interaction between the pups. As they grow, they will come out and play more often and even leave the den for short periods of time. If they approach you scare them off. They are pack animals and will learn that youre not one of them, and youre not really their friend. Teach them that humans only are okay at more than 20 feet away, or you will habituate them and they will end up DEAD.

Foxes that are not afraid of people tend not to flee from people and CARS etc.

You can teach them to stay away, while still photographing them, but if they don’t get that lesson now, they may not learn it until it's too late. And NEVER take any food or give them any reason to want to see you again! You may know all of this already, so excuse me for wasting your time. But when you started talking about the wife showing it gave me reason to think that those little guys might get into some trouble. It’s hard not to want to treat them like the little precious pups that they are.

Finally, watch the mother, and take signals from her. She will show you how to act and tell you when to leave and when you can stay.

Good luck, and have fun. . .

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Some great suggestions. Thanks. Hope to take more under different lighting conditions. Just want to assure you that we do not interfere with the foxes and that is why you see the sticks, etc by the hole. We do not touch or alter anything around the den area. They do not seem to be very mobile yet and spend a lot of their time sleeping in the hole, and wander just a little away from the hole and then back. Whenever I have encontered the parent, he/she just took off. No attempt to guard the den. We keep the photo shoot short so as not to interfere with feeding by mom and dad. When you see examples such as these you do gain a much greater appreciaiton of nature. Jeff and I went there yesterday and he got a few shots but had to wait for them to appear (they were in for a nap). Hopefully he will post some of his photos.


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James [Re: James Morrissey] #7692
04/15/07 11:03 AM
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They are just amazing. The lead-off is my favorite so far. How far out are you from Manhattan?

James




James,

I am about 2 hours from Manhattan. Go to NY sometime to see friends and relatives and the Mets. Which one is your favorite. Maybe you can link to it?


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