i wonder what he's dreaming of...

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Her kisses left something to be desired... the rest of her.

Duct tape is like the force: it has a dark side, a light side, and it holds the universe together.

Yahho, watashi wa kattaze~!

MOOMBAS

Nice! Though I've made some attempts to photograph foxes, it's not easy to get exactly what you want.

Although dozing off is cute, an animal that isn't in a dramatic pose somehow (in my opinion) looks better when its eyes are either open where the camera can show them or its attention is clearly caught by something.

Still, it's a nice crisp image with good color balance; just enough blue in the shadows to counter the warm reds and yellows.

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Peter: Look Brian! There's a message in my Alpha-bits! It says "OOOOOOO!"

Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.

Of foxy ladies, I'm sure!

Thanks! I thought he was dead at first, but he opened his eyes and peered into space every now and then. Not very lively. I agree that it would have been better if he was alert and his gaze was fixed at something.

this is an amazing looking shot ... well done

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"The truth is permanent, and everything else falls by the wayside."
-Dave Chappelle

Thank you.

How did you get that color balance so perfect, though? Was it a digital fix, or just very skillful use of available light and filters?

My pictures, almost all of them (save one I haven't uploaded yet), have been fixed for their various dimensions of color and contrast using Photoshop or similar programs (anything I uploaded before July I used a cheaper program called Arcsoft Photostudio).

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Peter: Look Brian! There's a message in my Alpha-bits! It says "OOOOOOO!"

Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.

I shoot 100% in RAW-mode, so I don't really have to care about white balance (WB) when I shoot as it can be corrected in post production. I always try to approximate the color temperature, though, if I have time. It's a pretty good thing to know. You never know if you'll be forced to shoot JPEG some day. If you want perfect WB, look into getting a greycard. It's basically a bit of cardboard painted with 18% grey (or something like that).

For this shot, I used the camera's built-in WB setting for shade and adjusted it to perfection (well, as close as I can get with this monitor anyway) in the first stage of post-production, using PhaseOne C1 Pro (RAW-workflow program).

A low-intensity softing filter in Photoshop was also applied to this photograph to give it a slight softness to empathize the calmness in this picture, compared to Ursus arctos where contrast was increased to give it a wild look.

I love the focusing and the clarity

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- Rob Williams

The colours in this picture are really good, I don't know how to describe it because I'm not one of them photo guru people, but yeah, its pretty neat. I'll have to see if I can make it out to a zoo when I go to the US next year. bears and foxes will be a welcome change from crocs and snakes!

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