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<blockquote data-quote="Dangerspouse" data-source="post: 782202" data-attributes="member: 46690"><p>The fox family that lives under our neighbor's shed has been a source of real entertainment the past few days. The six kits are getting bigger, and apparently feeling their oats as they are constantly running about and pouncing on each other...and mom. Mom is only infrequently seen though, as she is forever hustling back and forth trying to keep the little buggers supplied with chipmunks and whatever else she can drag back. And when she does, one or more kits instantly mob her and try to snatch the meal right from her mouth. For the first time yesterday we also saw Dad during daylight hours, although it was tough to get a pic of him because he stayed off to the side of my window vantage point. </p><p></p><p>Did a rather dumb thing, in that for several days previous to this I'd been using my D5500. When I switched to the D500 for these fox shots I reflexively turned the wrong knob and set the aperture to f/11, when I meant to increase shutter speed. And of course I was so busy looking at the scene I completely missed the readout in the viewfinder until halfway through. Oops. Motion blur, anyone? But I did manage to salvage a few, including some that were helped with the application of Topaz Sharpen AI.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374046[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>Sharpen AI job:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374047[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374048[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374049[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Dad:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374050[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374051[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>This last pic shows two cubs under Mom! They bolted and dove under her belly as soon as she arrived with some fresh kill. They're the same two in the shot above, just after eating. It was amazing seeing her completely unfazed by these two hellions bucking and fighting right underneath her as they tried to be the one claiming the bloody prize. She just stood there calmly until it was over. (Mom is the top wad of fur, the one with the hind leg being raised off the ground.)</p><p></p><p>I'm entering this in the "Under" challenge for this week.</p><p></p><p>Underfoot:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]374053[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I had taken off the option to export pictures with EXIF data a few days ago, and forgot to turn it back on. These were all taken Friday 4/15/2022 with my D500 and Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm. Almost all are at 300 mm, except the pic with the 4 kits which needed a little wider field of view to fit them all - I think that one was at 270mm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dangerspouse, post: 782202, member: 46690"] The fox family that lives under our neighbor's shed has been a source of real entertainment the past few days. The six kits are getting bigger, and apparently feeling their oats as they are constantly running about and pouncing on each other...and mom. Mom is only infrequently seen though, as she is forever hustling back and forth trying to keep the little buggers supplied with chipmunks and whatever else she can drag back. And when she does, one or more kits instantly mob her and try to snatch the meal right from her mouth. For the first time yesterday we also saw Dad during daylight hours, although it was tough to get a pic of him because he stayed off to the side of my window vantage point. Did a rather dumb thing, in that for several days previous to this I'd been using my D5500. When I switched to the D500 for these fox shots I reflexively turned the wrong knob and set the aperture to f/11, when I meant to increase shutter speed. And of course I was so busy looking at the scene I completely missed the readout in the viewfinder until halfway through. Oops. Motion blur, anyone? But I did manage to salvage a few, including some that were helped with the application of Topaz Sharpen AI. [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]374046._xfImport[/ATTACH] . Sharpen AI job: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]374047._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]374048._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]374049._xfImport[/ATTACH] Dad: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]374050._xfImport[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]374051._xfImport[/ATTACH] . This last pic shows two cubs under Mom! They bolted and dove under her belly as soon as she arrived with some fresh kill. They're the same two in the shot above, just after eating. It was amazing seeing her completely unfazed by these two hellions bucking and fighting right underneath her as they tried to be the one claiming the bloody prize. She just stood there calmly until it was over. (Mom is the top wad of fur, the one with the hind leg being raised off the ground.) I'm entering this in the "Under" challenge for this week. Underfoot: [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]374053._xfImport[/ATTACH] EDIT: I had taken off the option to export pictures with EXIF data a few days ago, and forgot to turn it back on. These were all taken Friday 4/15/2022 with my D500 and Nikkor AF-P 70-300mm. Almost all are at 300 mm, except the pic with the 4 kits which needed a little wider field of view to fit them all - I think that one was at 270mm [/QUOTE]
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