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Another Wyman photo

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Going to back a couple or more decades with this one.
I had been hired by a New York firm to shoot stills for a reality TV show out in the Big Bend. Sylinda and I had been on the set for about five days and finished the shoot one afternoon in time to drive to Ft. Davis for the night. While she rested I grabbed my gear and headed up the mountain as a storm was brewing. About half way up I noticed some unusual activity some 12 feet up in an agave plant. Instantly I recognized a fox firmly secured up among the blossoms capturing flying insects buzzing about the flowering head.
From decades of predator work, I knew not to slow down as the fox would be alerted by the reduced engine RPM, so I continued on up until out of sight. Grabbing a Canon 500mm lens with an F1n body w/ motordrive and eased up behind some shrubbery but realized I needed to be closer so waited until the fox’s attention was diverted toward the insects before making a 10 yard dash to a closer position. Kneeling down I manually focused the big lens just as the fox spotted me. After only two frames the fox leaped from the stalk like a flying squirrel and was gone. Until the 50 ISO Velvia chrome film was developed I was concerned that the focus might not have been perfect. I was sweating it! But, alas, I got lucky that day! It was a shot one can only dream of!
Wishing all a fun and safe weekend!
 
I had no idea how athletic a fox is till one morning at work one ran down the middle of the road in the middle of downtown West Palm Beach. My big black mouthed cur saw it but was in the fenced in yard with me. he stopped and turned to the west and from flat footed and motionless jumped a 6 foot chain link fence with 2 feet of razor wire on the top of the chain-link. Looked very impressive to me.
 

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