About a month ago I wrote a post about creating custom settings in my Canon 80D with the hope that those photos would need fewer steps of post-processing. I’ve used them several times now, and overall am happy with the results. I have a setting in color and one in black and white. Of the two, the black and white setting is my favorite at this point. This week I got this image:
ISO 800 f/5 1/640sec 31mm
It’s rare for me to publish a photo straight out of the camera, but this one is. I was pretty excited about that. Equally as exciting was this photo:
ISO 800 f/5.6 1/640sec 50mm
Do you see the fox? Both these photos were taken at the Missouri Botanical Garden, which is in the city limits of St. Louis in a heavily residential area. The garden is a lovely oasis in the city. A seeing such a healthy-looking fox was a real treat. A great outing all around for me.
Questions or comments about either photo are welcome below.
Cheers!
Written in response to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, What A Treat.
Photography Journal Blog: Volume 2 
Nice! I like the first more than the second, which seems a bit dark and ‘busy’, though the white fox face is nice.
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Yes, that fox photo is more along the lines of I was happy to be able to capture it. I have several other frames of his back side 😂
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Good for you Amy – I do like your Chinese Statue and SOOC is always a challenge. I must admit I’d have cropped the fox image a bit to have the little guy a bit more prominent. But excellent catch!
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Yes, the fox is one of those photos that was taken on the wrong settings and with the wrong lens but I was still pretty excited to get a shot of it at all. The statue was a more deliberate shot and a more compliant model 😂
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LOL for your model comment!
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I see that foxy face!
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It was a really healthy looking one too, which is always nice to see.
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I love the grain in the stone of that Lion – Nice shot 🙂
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Thanks very much.
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I once saw a gorgeous fox with a beautiful red pelt. What a treat. I can understand why you included it this week! What an interesting face on that fox, too.
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Yes, they are such beautiful creatures when they are healthy.
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Love your treat, Amy! Love foxes as well, and your capture is an interesting one. Some years ago we had many unhealthy foxes, but the last year they seemed to have recovered – yours is a great specimen.
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Thanks. We have a very unhealthy fox living near our house, which has just been sad to see, this one was so healthy, I was just so happy to see it.
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It alwasys makes me happy to see as well. The bushy tail tells the story.
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