Ballad of the Fox and the Swans

[Rob MacKillop]

Hexar and XP2. The swans hissed threateningly, and the fox ran away...Swans are tough bastards!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Cracking image Rob, so much their , you could not make it up. I think the reason, they have all arrived to see a man with a film camera.

 

[Brian Moore]

Fine image, Rob. You're doing nice work with the XP2.

 

[Pete Askew]

What a wonderful scene. And a great title. Love the observers on the hill. Any chance of tweaking a bit more detail out of the jetty / fox?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, lads. I probably could, Pete, and will return to it later. I forgot to mention a yellow filter on the camera.

Talk about getting lucky. I'd been facing the opposite direction, and just turned round to see the fox just about to step onto the walkway. I had the camera at the ready, so had two or three seconds to time the shot. I never noticed the guys on the hill - their positioning is perfect. Oddly, I never took another shot - I just watched the scene unfold. Maybe with digital I would have been snapping away like crazy. But nothing much happened. They hissed and spat at the fox, and it reversed and ran away. I've seen a fox in our street about twenty times in ten years, but have never had a camera with me at the time.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

A cracking situation Rob and a lucky moment. I'm sure you can get more darker colour out of the jetty Rob, from the already negative you have.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Ivar.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Nice image Rob. It prove that it pays to look around!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It sure does, Milan!