Home · Register · Join Upload & Sell

Moderated by: Fred Miranda

FM Forum Rules
Nature & Wildlife Posting Guidelines

FM Forums | Nature & Wildlife | Join Upload & Sell

2 3 end

Archive 2020 · A fox tale...

AGeoJO
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · A fox tale...

Red foxes are not native to Southern California. They were "imported" from the Mid-West in the early last century and farmed for their fur until about 1950-60's or so. Some escaped or at the end of the farming were released and their descendants managed to survive under meager conditions until now. They hunt whatever they can but mostly scavenge/raid trash cans at night. And I was told that some folks feed them as well.

The group of red foxes pictured here live at the edge of an urban area. There are at least 2 adult females and 1 male here. And yes, there are or were fox kits that I photographed as well. The area is pretty small and secluded but somewhat protected by fences. But still from time to time, I have seen folks, knowingly or unknowingly that venture into their territory. How the fox population manages to survive until now is surprising. The number of fox kits in the most recent litter was either 4 or 5. A few weeks ago, a local photographer I know documented that a juvenile fox that got killed by a car. An adult fox carried the body back into their territory. Somehow, the number of surviving fox population is kept fairly low under these meager and tough conditions. Until when they can survive remains to be seen.

The images here are compiled from 2 days of photographing them. Frankly, I am not sure whether it is of the same red fox or not

but it probably is. The first 5 images were taken at some distance through a chain linked fence; the first 2 early in the morning before sunrise. As the morning progressed, the light quality changed and it became warmer but still subdued. The last 3 images were captured on the other end of their territory in the morning when the sun was higher in the horizon and it was semi-backlit situation in the last image.

Thank you for stopping by. Please feel free to leave any feedback.

Joshua


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 1 - Early morning pose among flowers


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 2


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 3 - Semi-profile


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 4 - Under warm and soft sunlight


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 5


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 6


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 7


	© AGeoJO 2020

# 8 - Semi-backlit and at a distance

Jun 27, 2020 at 10:09 AM

RobAmy
Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · A fox tale...

Love that first shot. Great set

Jun 27, 2020 at 10:15 AM

louie champan
Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · A fox tale...

Amazing images Joshua, very well done.

Jun 27, 2020 at 10:34 AM

psharvic
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · A fox tale...

Fine work on these, Joshua.

Jun 27, 2020 at 10:38 AM

AGeoJO
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · A fox tale...

RobAmy wrote:

Love that first shot. Great set

Thank you very much, Rob!

Jun 27, 2020 at 11:39 AM

AGeoJO
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · A fox tale...

louie champan wrote:
Amazing images Joshua, very well done.

I appreciate your kind words, Louie!

psharvic wrote:
Fine work on these, Joshua.

Thank you, Vic!

Jun 27, 2020 at 11:40 AM

birdied
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · A fox tale...

Excellent set Joshua !!! That is on gnarly looking something that fox is carrying

I absolutely love the one with the soft out of focus grasses framing the fox , so lovely.

Birdie

Jun 27, 2020 at 12:32 PM

morris
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · A fox tale...

Your photos are a delight to view Joshua. 3, 4, 7 and 8 are my favorites

Morris

Jun 27, 2020 at 12:38 PM

kdacharya
Online
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · A fox tale...

simply marvelous,Joshua, not possible to pick any favorite. voted.

Jun 27, 2020 at 01:17 PM

csinseattle
Offline
• • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · A fox tale...

Joshua. great beautiful set and must had fun capturing that guy
Chris S.

Jun 27, 2020 at 01:33 PM

Bobg657
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · A fox tale...

Just beautiful Joshua, you’re making me want a 600😩

Jun 27, 2020 at 02:10 PM

Dan Lai
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · A fox tale...

Great pictures

Jun 27, 2020 at 02:59 PM

AGeoJO
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · A fox tale...

birdied wrote:
Excellent set Joshua !!! That is on gnarly looking something that fox is carrying

I absolutely love the one with the soft out of focus grasses framing the fox , so lovely.

Birdie

I greatly appreciate your kind words, Birdie!

morris wrote:
Your photos are a delight to view Joshua. 3, 4, 7 and 8 are my favorites

Morris

Thank you very much for your kind words and for pointing out your favorites, Morris!

kdacharya wrote:
simply marvelous,Joshua, not possible to pick any favorite. voted.

Thank you very much for your kind comment and your vote, KD!

Jun 27, 2020 at 03:13 PM

OwlsEyes
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · A fox tale...

This is really nice work... it is a great study of an individual (or family group). The first two images are striking for their shallow depth of field and the use of wildflowers to frame the fox.

bravo!

bruce

Edited on Jun 27, 2020 at 05:39 PM · View previous versions

Jun 27, 2020 at 03:39 PM

torobouk
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · A fox tale...

Fox is my favorite ! thank's for sharing theses amazing pictures of this lovely animal ! Very well donne Joshua.

Jun 27, 2020 at 03:56 PM

dalite
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · A fox tale...

Terrific shots. I especially like those 2 close up head shots.

Jun 27, 2020 at 04:54 PM

AGeoJO
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · A fox tale...

csinseattle wrote:
Joshua. great beautiful set and must had fun capturing that guy
Chris S.

Thank you very much, Chris! Yes, it was fun while it lasted...

Bobg657 wrote:
Just beautiful Joshua, you’re making me want a 600😩

Thank you very much, Bob! I know and you know that you would enjoy that lens

Dan Lai wrote:
Great pictures

Thank you very much, Dan!

Jun 27, 2020 at 06:10 PM

kmunroe
Offline
• • • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · A fox tale...

love the fox Joshua

Jun 27, 2020 at 08:15 PM

Tstop
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · A fox tale...

A lovely set! Thanks for sharing.

Jun 27, 2020 at 08:20 PM

dclark
Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · A fox tale...

Beautiful images!
The close up portraits are superb.

Dave

Jun 27, 2020 at 11:02 PM

1 2 3 end
FM Forums \| Nature & Wildlife \| Join Upload & Sell 1 2 3 end

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.