We saw several foxes during the polar bear trip in Churchill including this arctic fox. Foxes are so fast, and it seems they are constantly moving. It would be almost impossible to get a sharp picture except for the great autofocus mechanisms we now have in modern cameras. Arctic foxes are quite small, and to get an eye-level shot like this either means a photographer has to lie on the ground or the fox has to be elevated on rocks or a small hill. In this case, the fox was running around on a rocky slope. I captured this image with a 420mm focal length, and the settings were 1/1250, f/10, and 1000 ISO. Note I chose the fast shutter simply because telephoto lenses magnify movement, and to freeze the frenetic movements of the fox I needed the extra speed. The morning sun was very low to the horizon, and the fox was facing the light perfectly.
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