I love shooting red foxes in the snow — their fur really pops against the white background, and fresh blanket of snow can simplify an otherwise bushy/busy background.  Here are a couple of particularly good images from a recent trip to my fox spot.  Remarkably, the fox above spent at least ten minutes laying in the snow watching me take his photograph.

This is my favorite fox composition – fox running toward the camera, seemingly intend on taking a bite out of the photographer.

I like the colorful, sunlit background on this image.

If this image wasn’t backlit it would be perfect.  I wind up with more backlit fox images than I would expect, mostly because the foxes are reluctant to look toward the bring sun.

Finally, a mean looking fox.

I revisited my favorite fox place after a long hiatus. It was hit hard by the severe thunderstorm earlier this summer — trees down everywhere, and many fewer foxes. It was sobering to see the landscape so radically altered. On the bright side (pun not intended) the absence of trees should improve the photography by letting more light through. In any event, here are a couple of my favorite images from the trip. Click for a larger version.

The regulars in the open space can pick the foxes out by name. (Fortunately) I don’t spend quite that much time there, but I do recognize this badly scarred fox. He always seems to hang out in the same place on the trail. He was posing nicely until someone came by with their dog, then asked what we were photographing. Very frustrating.

To make this image, I desaturated every color but red and burned down the edges. Like it? Hate it? Post a comment.

I stumbled across this image while I was searching for something else in my archive.  I must have passed it over when I made my initial edit from the shoot, but on second review I decided I liked it enough to optimize it.  This is the result. (As always, click on the image for a larger version).

Look for some more substantial, substantive posts soon.