# Gray Fox Male + Repost **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** wildlife\ **Created:** [October 18, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054 "2022-10-18T15:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terryb](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/terryb/32/39625_2.png) [@terryb](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/terryb)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/1 "2022-10-18T15:37:50Z")
![Gray Fox Male](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/2/8/28c651bf337ef7eb729572a696065c651705b8df.jpeg) I expect every image of the gray foxes I capture to be the last of the year. In the fall (usually September), the family will beak up and go their separate ways - even the adult male and female. I will sometimes see the male periodically throughout the winter, but never the female or that years’ brood of kits. Starting in January or February, I will begin to see a male and female begin to pair up again, and a new family is begun, usually in February in Oklahoma. This has been the pattern for the almost 20 years I have observed them. BTW, did you know gray foxes are the only member of the canid family that can climb trees? I have included a short trail cam video, below. They sometimes even make their dens in trees. ### Specific Feedback Requested Any ### Technical Details Canon 60D, Canon 70-300mm IS USM Zoom, f/8, 1/125 sec., ISO 1000 @ 160mm. Processed in ACR and PSE 2020 for exposure and cropping. Topaz DeNoise. [![]() ](https://vimeo.com/761514970) ![_MG_1599-1](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/e/7/e7bee4f3b5485ad54603f50030c70873e78dc103.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/2 "2022-10-18T16:26:14Z")
I love it! Thanks for all the info on them, too. I seem to remember they are the only canid that has retractable claws as well, like a cat’s. Anyway…I think you could brighten him up a bit. The bg and the famous rock seem dark enough that if you selected and bumped the exposure for the fox it would look pretty nice. Nothing too drastic, but a boost. Also a scroll crop to get the dark hole at the bottom out of the frame works, too. Lately those are my bugbears in processing. ---
**Author:** ![terryb](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/terryb/32/39625_2.png) [@terryb](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/terryb)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/3 "2022-10-18T22:48:31Z")
My pleasure @Kris_Smith . You are correct about the retractable claws. I touched it up a bit per your suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/4 "2022-10-19T14:21:20Z")
Terry, you caught a great pose with the open mouth and the details in it’s fur look great. He’s a handsome dude. With it staring at you, having it centered works well and adds visual weight to the fox. I’d suggest trying a crop to an 8.5 x 11 frame cropping entirely off the left and see what you think. ---
**Author:** ![terryb](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/terryb/32/39625_2.png) [@terryb](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/terryb)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/5 "2022-10-19T21:00:41Z")
I do often use that crop, @Mark_Seaver. I’ll give it a go, here. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![JRajput](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jrajput/32/10866_2.png) [@JRajput](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/JRajput)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/6 "2022-10-22T09:21:41Z")
I love the pose and the setting, you may selectively darken the rock . I’m seeing some blues in the fox. ---
**Author:** ![DvirBarkay](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dvirbarkay/32/34230_2.png) [@DvirBarkay](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/DvirBarkay)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/7 "2022-10-22T12:40:23Z")
> [@terryb](#): > Really great subject and also a very cute one. I agree with hte comments above that the rock could be toned down a bit and aso there is a blue cast in the image (as is often the case for images in teh shade) so I would desturate the blues +/or increase the white balance a bit. ---
**Author:** ![terryb](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/terryb/32/39625_2.png) [@terryb](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/terryb)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox-male-repost/31054/8 "2022-10-22T14:18:17Z")
Thanks @JRajput and @DvirBarkay. Good observation concerning the blues. I adjusted i a bit and it looks much better. Funny how one sometimes looks and looks at a photo, and yet doesn’t see. As for the rock, my love/hate relationship continues. The wildlife is attracted to it and it makes a great stage, but it offers many challenges in processing.