unexpected encounter

nokk · Feb 25, 2021

i was sent home early from work due to being bad luck. it was just one of those days where everything caught fire and fell over. literally. i blame the full moon (or fool moon as we call it at work), but i wasn't going to turn down a few free hours. ran home, grabbed my camera and headed out to the wildlife refuge. i found a fox and a fox found dinner.

mountainjunkie · Feb 26, 2021

Nice shots and cool sequence!

Space Face · Feb 26, 2021

Great action shots. Very well caught.

Jeff15 · Feb 26, 2021

Very good shooting......

Dean_Gretsch · Feb 26, 2021

Awesome series. I love foxes!

K9Kirk · Feb 26, 2021

Very nice set and shooting. It looks like you had just enough time to get the settings right unless you're like me and run around with with the camera pre set for unexpected action.

paigew · Feb 26, 2021

omggggg love them!! What a great shot.

LightSpeed666 · Feb 26, 2021

Exquisite. Excellent work. I can only hope that I will be this good, one day.

nokk · Feb 26, 2021

mountainjunkie said:
Nice shots and cool sequence!

thanks mountainjunkie

Space Face said:
Great action shots. Very well caught.

thanks space face

Jeff15 said:
Very good shooting......

thanks jeff

Dean_Gretsch said:
Awesome series. I love foxes!

thanks dean, i love them too.

K9Kirk said:
Very nice set and shooting. It looks like you had just enough time to get the settings right unless you're like me and run around with with the camera pre set for unexpected action.

thanks k9. i shoot auto iso and back button focus and sony's af tracking. i had plenty of time to lock in my focus while the fox locked in on it's prey. the focus kept up pretty well.

paigew said:
omggggg love them!! What a great shot.

thanks paige.

LightSpeed666 said:
Exquisite. Excellent work. I can only hope that I will be this good, one day.

thanks lightspeed. i can only hope that i will be this good one day, too. i shot 500ish images and chucked more than 300 of them for being out of focus. foxes stop and stay still just before they jump so i had plenty of time to line this shot up. when it was on the move the story was very different.

Susan Will · Feb 26, 2021

Wow fantastic!

K9Kirk · Feb 27, 2021

K9Kirk said:
Very nice set and shooting. It looks like you had just enough time to get the settings right unless you're like me and run around with with the camera pre set for unexpected action.

thanks k9. i shoot auto iso and back button focus and sony's af tracking. i had plenty of time to lock in my focus while the fox locked in on it's prey. the focus kept up pretty well.

That's how I shoot as well, full manual w/AUTO ISO and back button focus but I don't have AF tracking. I'd love to have a new camera with that feature, it would increase the amount of keepers significantly.

nokk · Feb 27, 2021

K9Kirk said:
That's how I shoot as well, full manual w/AUTO ISO and back button focus but I don't have AF tracking. I'd love to have a new camera with that feature, it would increase the amount of keepers significantly.

af tracking has really worked well for me. i was torn between the a7riv for resolution and a9ii for autofocus when i bought the sony. in the end i went with the a7riv. the a1 looks like the best of both worlds.

terri · Feb 27, 2021

Terrific shooting! You certainly made use of a few free hours.

All of them are excellent, but I chose the last one to nominate for Photo of the Month.

nokk · Feb 27, 2021

Susan Will said:
Wow fantastic!

thanks susan

terri said:
Terrific shooting! You certainly made use of a few free hours.

All of them are excellent, but I chose the last one to nominate for Photo of the Month.

thanks terri. i was happy to find something while i was out. this time of year is really hit or miss at the refuge.