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Vigilant

The story behind this photo:

The summer 2008 I met a little fox in the woods.....

I went out to photograph flowers...I was in the middle of the forest among the pine needles and leaves and flowers...and mosquitoes...the sun was coming down...it was a little chilly...

"Bang!"...what was that...? "Bang!"...again...it was branches and cones, which fell down from the trees...I thought it sounded like hoof steps...

"Cough!?...?Sneezy!?...What was this? I turned around ... and find to my surprise, a little red fox...it was coughing...maby either it was cold, or allergic..;)

?Typical...?...I thought...?I don`t have my zoom lens with me...?

I started to approach the little fox slowly...slowly...slowly...it jumped all around...back and forth ...back and forth...
Finally...after maybe fifteen minutes, he sat down...
I approached slowly...no sudden movements... slowly...

There I was...in front of the little fox...eye to eye, for maybe a half hour...one meter from it, with my Tamron 90 mm...without a tripod...in bad light...mosquitoes all over.....

Each time the sharpness locked on the camera and it clicked...the little fox leaned his head...:))

There he was...so small and cute...so sweet and red.....:)

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nicol 9 months ago

beautiful

Aziz Abbasi 2 years ago

Fantastic, ... but not happy with the edit around the eyes ! , ..
Overally great and so beautiful , ..

Oyvind Hansen 2 years ago

What a wonderful sharpness in the eyes of the fox, very good specially since you had no support. I envy you the experience to get so close to the animal :)
Regards, Øyvind

strochka 2 years ago

The story behind the photo made me love it even more:)

Magdalena Wasiczek 3 years ago

beautiful

Norbert Maier 3 years ago

What a cute little fellow!! Excellent shot!

Allan Wallberg 3 years ago

Yes Elin! ,this is a great animal shot, Regards//Allan.

Jure Kravanja 3 years ago

beautiful

Urban Rosenqvist 3 years ago

Roligt att se att den här bilden dyker upp lite här och där! ;-)
Den är verkligen toppen och jag hade aldrig anat att du fick komma så nära i skogen. Roligt att höra berättelsen. En superbild!

Daria Endresen 3 years ago

What a cute creature :))
And so nicely captured! congrats :)

Jan Zajc 3 years ago

Just wonderful, i'm so envy!!;) great photo and great word.
Congrats!

Elin Torger Thanks a lot!!
/E.T

Ro_Mo 3 years ago

Amazing, sometimes you need to be lucky, awsome photo.
Really, really like it
Robert

Elin Torger Thanks a lot!
/E.T

Kim L 3 years ago

I absolutely love this photo, the fox is so adorable. Everything is perfect in this shot.
I very much like that you write stories to go with all your photos, it makes them even stronger. I admire you as a photographer!

Kim

Elin Torger Thanks Kim!:)
I like that you like my story, I think that the story to this photo is important...I like to write about the background of when my photos was taken, I think it makes them more alive, and that the spectators can more be One with the photos:)

It was an amazing meeting...I think it was young. And that it did not know to be wary of humans.
Thanks again!
/E.T

Kim L And congrats for making the magazine cover on "Fotosidan-magasin", you're worth it!

Kim

Matthew 3 years ago

Definitely makes me want to take photography more seriously. This capture is simply stunning.

Elin Torger Thanks Matthew!:)
/E.T

Dusty66 3 years ago

Absolutely gorgeous, and the story has me green with envy! Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us. Really, really well done.

Elin Torger Thank you Dusty!:)
It was an amazing meeting:)
/E.T

Cupcake 3 years ago

OK-----:)
you got me,
great picture and story.
Cupcake

Elin Torger Thanks!:)
Its a true story...I think it was young. And that it did not know to be wary of humans. And it was so skinny...
/E.T

Ancite 3 years ago

cutie :)

Elin Torger Thanks!:))
/E.T

Jesper Larsen 3 years ago

This is fantastic! A very rare moment indeed.

Elin Torger Thank you Jasper!
/E.T

Mae Lim Harrison 3 years ago

I loved this story and so happy to see this beautiful photo published! Well done!

Elin Torger Thank you Mae!
/E.T

Michael Jakesz 3 years ago

Thanks for sharing this amazing shot with us! And thanks even more for the heartwarming story behind it :)

All the best
Michael

Elin Torger Thanks!:)
It was an amazing meeting...but I think it was young. And that it did not know to be wary of humans.
/E.T

Robert 3 years ago

Congrats to this nice image!

Robert

Elin Torger Thank you!!:)
/E.T

Will Stoddard 3 years ago

Very nice Elin, I love the photo and story.

Elin Torger Thank you!:)
/E.T

johnny levante 3 years ago

I like it sooo much!

E

Elin Torger Thanks!!!!!:)
/E.T

Girang 3 years ago

incredible! so wild ... so real ! beautiful photo!

Elin Torger Thanks!!!:)
/E.T

Stefan Dimov 3 years ago

Great... photo and story. Lucky you !

Elin Torger Thanks!!:)
/E.T

Stephen Moss 3 years ago

It`s a beauty...well done.

Elin Torger Thanks!
/E.T

Daniel Portal 3 years ago

amazing photo and great experience you had. I'm so jealous!!
Do you think the fox was in good shape?

Elin Torger Thanks Daniel!:)
I do not know. I am not so good on foxes, but what I noticed was that it was so skinny ...really skinny, and then the cough. I think it was young. And that it did not know to be wary of humans.
/E.T

Daniel Portal it seems to me like his mother might have died before she could teach him about humans and feed him properly.
Thanks for answering

Maria Sundqvist 3 years ago

Hej Elin.
Den lilla får ju komma direkt där den hör hemma.Bland favoriterna.

Elin Torger Hej Maria!
Tack skall du ha:)
/E.T

Larz 3 years ago

I read your story with great pleasure while it was in screening.
And the image is, of course, stunning.

Elin Torger Thank you:)

This photo will be on the cover of one of Sweden's leading photo magazines this spring. It is so incredibly amazing! :)
Thanks!:)
/E.T

Martin Gustafsson 3 years ago

Good Job! The nice thing is that you got more out of it than just this wonderful picture. If every human beeing experienced something like this the world would be a better place!

Elin Torger Thank you so much!)
This was a wonderful experience that I will never forget:)
/E.T

Joni Niemelä 3 years ago

Really great capture. Thanks also for the story!

Elin Torger Thank you:)

This photo will be on the cover of one of Sweden's leading photo magazines this spring. It is so incredibly amazing! :)
Thanks!:)
/E.T

Joni Niemelä Glad to hear that! Congrats!

Remo Rufer 3 years ago

great photo of a very beautiful animal!

Elin Torger Thank you:)
/E.T

Leif Westling 3 years ago

Great story & capture ET!

Elin Torger Tack så mycket Leif!:)

/E.T

mike tamanawis 3 years ago

That's a fantastic story. So nice to get the background to the photo, which is of course a lovely one.

Elin Torger Thank you so much!)
This was a wonderful experience that I will never forget:)
This photo will be on the cover of one of Sweden's leading photo magazines this spring. It is so incredibly amazing! :)
/E.T

Bob Patefield 3 years ago

Wonderful story. Those kind of moments with wildlife make life very special. Super picture.

Elin Torger Thank you so much!!:)
This was a wonderful experience that I will never forget:)
This photo will be on the cover of one of Sweden's leading photo magazines this spring. It is so incredibly amazing! :)
/E.T

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