# Gray Fox **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** wildlife\ **Created:** [May 16, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox/21810 "2021-05-16T14:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **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:** [May 16, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox/21810/1 "2021-05-16T14:11:49Z")
![Gray Fox](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/0/4/046147d60a21d12a40781021178436b1b04423c8.jpeg) I haven’t seen the Gray Foxes in my yard since winter. A pair of Red Foxes has moved in, and they are dominant. But yesterday, I was standing outside when I saw this Gray Fox coming across the backyard. He posed for some photos, relatively unconcerned I was there. Fun to see my old buddy, again. ### Specific Feedback Requested Any ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Canon 60D, Canon 70-300mm IS USM , f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 2000 Hand Held. Processed in ACR and PSE 2020 for exposure, sharpness, and cropping. Topaz De-noise applied. ###### ---
**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:** [May 16, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox/21810/2 "2021-05-16T15:14:41Z")
It is really great to find this kind of subjects in your back yard, I really like the attentive pose but you seemed to have missed the critical focus on face. I suggest when you find it next, please get a lower POV and try eye level shot. ---
**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox/21810/3 "2021-05-16T15:21:20Z")
> [@terryb](#): > How awesome is that! He’s looking right at you! I’d agree with Jagdeep about maybe getting lower down but I can imagine you were probably trying to be as still as possible and didn’t want to move to crouch down and startle the fox and then get no photos! It still is neat. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox/21810/4 "2021-05-16T15:49:22Z")
Hi @JRajput @Vanessa_Hill. Yes, it would have been next to impossible to get down on eye level with this guy. The best I could do is take the shot that was given. Looking at the metering in the raw file, it appears I had focus right over his left eye, @JRajput. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox/21810/5 "2021-05-18T21:49:34Z")
Terry, what a great visit. Grey’s are much harder to spot than Red’s and you’ve got this one looking right at you. My one wish is that the fox weren’t so centered. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/gray-fox/21810/6 "2021-05-19T01:40:26Z")
He is definitely front and center, Mark. I’ll try a different crop, thanks. Yeah, I love the Gray Foxes and miss them. I don’t see them nearly as often since the red usurpers moved in.