More Foxes

Posted by Greybeard on Feb 27th, 2009 in News and weather | 3 comments

  (SEE: OUT FOXED) Sorry for the quality of this,  but it was the best my little digital would do at this distance.  (about 125 yards).  The male was gone hunting all day long, while the female,  (we believe to be pregnant), lazed around under this pine tree on a bed of old grass clippings and pine needles.  About 3 pm he came in with what looked like a rabbit dinner for her.  The houses on that side of the river are all summer homes,  and hopefully the foxes will conclude their business there before the humans return.  (There’s a log cabin right behind that pine tree) If we get real lucky,  I might get a chance to snap a photo of the kits!  

I tried digging out my old 35 mm camera with the telephoto lens,  and was really impressed the the quality of the image I could have captured.  Problem:  the light seals have all rotted out on the camera body.  The HP digital 5 megapixel camera  zooms out nearly twice as far,  but the lenses on the old telephoto, blow it out of the water when it comes to image quality.  With about half the magnification,  I could make out the features of the foxes as they warily looked across the river at me.  Maybe I should have the old 35mm rebuilt?



3 Responses to “More Foxes”

1. James R. Rummel says:

   March 4, 2009 at 3:41 am

   Good post.

   James
2. sevesteen says:

   March 4, 2009 at 10:45 am

   This site looks at the exif data in a picture, and can tell what the camera says it did:

   http://regex.info/exif.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgreybeard.igogg.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F02%2Ffoxes-003.jpg

   The exif data from your picture says the camera was focused only about 8 feet away. I’d try landscape mode to force the focus far despite nearby objects, and if that doesn’t sharpen the picture up enough, a tripod.

   I probably wouldn’t try to get the 35mm professionally fixed–you can probably buy a good used body that will fit your lenses, or even an entire outfit for less than the repair will cost. (An exception *might* be for a pro-quality NIkon or Cannon–some of them have enough value that repairs can be feasible)

   Depending on what seals are bad, I might try to kludge a temporary repair–Load film, then use electrical tape over the leaky areas before you advance it.

   (I’m here from Hell in a Handbasket)
3. Greybeard says:

   March 4, 2009 at 12:47 pm

   sevesteen, Interesting stuff. I’m not much of a photographer, didn’t even know “exif data” existed! Thanks for the suggestions!