Fox update

By Words | Published March 6, 2009

Some minor progress to report. Last night (Wednesday) the fox entered the garden twice. The first time it kept well away from where the camera was set up. The second time he appeared after I'd packed up for the night. :insane: I got a decent look at him though, so certainly a minor success.

I tried again this evening. After an hour and a half I managed one shot and have since brought the gear in so that he can have the freedom of the garden. This fox is not keen on the camera. And he was semi-obscured by the pond wall; but a photo of fox is a photo of a fox and I'm going to keep posting bad pictures until I get a good one 😉 A foot or so over to the right of the frame and this would have been great.

foxFox by the pond, taken remotely
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Camera note: taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens, Canon 430EX flash unit, supported by a Manfrotto 458B Neotec tripod and 488RC2 ball head. Settings were 1/60s, f/13, manual focus, focal length 67mm. Triggered with the Hähnel HW 433 C80 Pro Remote Control.

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12 Comments

  1. gdare March 6, 2009 at 5:03 am #

    😆
    This one is smart 😀

  2. annoushkiss March 6, 2009 at 1:03 pm #

    😆 He's too shy… Maybe he thinks he's not cute enough to be world famous 😀

  3. SittingFox March 6, 2009 at 5:03 pm #

    😆 He's certainly making you work hard :insane:

    I'm also struggling to get pictures of garden foxes. However, I had a brief glimpse of the Chipped Vixen a couple of nights back and she's obviously lactating :hat:

  4. Vulpes vulpes March 7, 2009 at 12:03 am #

    I think he is 'out-foxing' you! :p

  5. Words March 7, 2009 at 1:03 am #

    Darko, maybe… but I'm quite determined too 😉

  6. Words March 7, 2009 at 1:03 am #

    Vulpes, ah, but it's a long game and the year is still young. 😉

  7. Words March 7, 2009 at 1:03 am #

    Anna, the reluctant star! I like it 🙂

  8. Words March 7, 2009 at 1:03 am #

    Adele, it's a struggle I can cope with 😉 We watched tonight and he emerged briefly from the shadows, looked at us across the garden and then retreated, and watched for a while longer. No photos (I didn't want to startle him). He'll eventually figure out that we're no threat. It reminds me of the early fox watching days.

    Great news about CV! 😀

  9. cakkleberrylane March 7, 2009 at 1:03 am #

    Sooner or later you'll get him! Just be persistant!

  10. Flying Red Fox Blog March 7, 2009 at 7:03 am #

    Good job you will get him soon! 😀 I saw one pass by me when taking photos of the Moon…… he stopped looked at me and before i could get a pic of him, he scarpered 😆

  11. Words March 7, 2009 at 3:03 pm #

    Lois, oh will be 😉

  12. Words March 7, 2009 at 3:03 pm #

    Mark, that can be so frustrating. When they are there, perfectly posed and you're not ready. really nice to see them though!