Wow, Steven. This is really an excellent shot. The fox stopped in a perfect spot and gave you that full-on look. Well done.
Arctic Fox -- more white on white on white with a black button nose and a touch of golden eyes.
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Thanks, Lance!
Kind words, indeed. Thanks Robert!
Absolutely beautiful Steven..... 
Thanks Rick. Yup a few that definitely will come out of the printer. Nothing finalized yet but a gallery has asked me about staging a show this coming winter after seeing a couple of the shots; fingers crossed, but I'm hunting for a professional photo print shop; fingers crossed.
Thanks, Michael.
Thanks Charles. I think with the backlighting too much glow in the eyes might look unnatural; pretty much black spots when viewing in person.
Thank you, Steven!
Thanks, Chuck. I took what lighting position she gave me; she did not stay in place but for mere moments, really. Clearly she new what her best lighting is
Congratulations.
OK, they look yellow on my screen. Wonderful photo as is, I did not need to advise. Good day
Fabulous. What a great shot.Artic Fox in the shallow 'well' around an iceberg trapped in the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean (Baffin Bay). A pure gift I thought, that she stopped and looked at me, pausing at the perfect 'horizon' between light and shadow.
That 'line' on the rear left of the photo is a crack in the iceberg. While on this particular 'berg poised atop of it, in fact, two Inuit guides made a mad scramble to get off when there was a resounding 'CRACK' bang as the 'berg cracked. On another (the guides climb up to look for polar bears in the distance) as the guides were climbing down a large 'shoulder' of that 'berg crumbled and slid into a pile of crushed ice. They are not stable beings, icebergs
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Oh they are yellow eyes; just meant in person in that lighting they looked totally black. In post I did bring the shadows up on the eyes to better show the colour using iris enhance. Cheers!
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What a great image, you are so lucky to have the chance. Russ.
Thanks Alan! It was a bit of blasphemy to say on the trip, but I proclaimed I was almost more delighted to have had a chance to photograph Arctic fox out on the ice, than polar bears
Thank you Gavin. The big bonus of the two shots I got of this fox is that I was alone when taking them, at one end of the iceberg we were were stopped at after the fox had been spotted on the 'berg. Everyone else certainly with a camera was at the other end where she HAD Been; and so she posed for me alone
Thanks, Bob. Yup, dream come true trip camping on the sea ice and watching polar bears (and foxes) doing their thing in such a wilderness setting.