
Norwegian Arctic: Svalbard
In the winter, the arctic is a veritable snowy world covered in white. And likewise many animals including the Arctic fox has a white coat to blend into their surroundings.
In the summer months, the land returns to a brownish red hue, and so does the arctic fox! This little guy was photographed while he was in transition to his summer coat, with a patch of white lingering on his body and tail.
Photographic Details: It was such a joy to see such a different style on a fox. This guy popped up out of nowhere and was out of there before I could get a decent close up shot of him. The best I could do was line him up with the rule of thirds and incorporate the background to express that he was in this arctic environment. I kept him on the lower right hand corner to give him room to run into the photo; the white of the snow actually has minute details but I chose to leave them as inconspicuous as they are to make the fox pop out of the frame more.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II 1/500s f/8.0 ISO200 400mm
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Beautiful photo.
Love the simplicity of the shot.
I like all of that negative space!
I can only agree with the other comments. Pure, simple and beautiful!
Beautiful.
Brilliant, while I was there in summer, I saw exactly one Arctic fox, but was Not even able to shoot… Way too slow in response as well as a dark background.
great shot
Awsome work
This is great Kyle! The white helps emphasize what a massive empty space he has to search to survive, and yet I feel from this photo that he has a mission and knows exactly where he is going, with confidence.
foxes are elusive buggers, good thing he wasn't all white yet, you'd have never caught him in that snow!
Neat capture. Foxes are great!
Great shot +Kyle Marquardt !
Awesome image and composition, Kyle. Love the fox deep in the snow and nothing disturbe on this image!!!
This is a treat! Thank you for sharing!
Fantastic +Kyle Marquardt.
Incredible! Love your work!
Lovely
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