I'm new to Fstoppers and just joined this group a few days ago.
I was inspired to start a discussion in this group after adding a comment to another discussion started by Dan McCloud. Dan had mentioned in his post that the pandemic is preventing him from traveling and making the kinds of pictures he enjoys making.
I live East of San Francisco, which as many of you know is a very heavily populated suburban area. It's very challenging to find wildlife to photograph here, but in all honesty, the COVID pandemic hasn't really slowed me down. This is because nature photography can be a solitary activity and can be done away from other people, even when the subject is in a public space that attracts crowds.
I've included some pictures I shot in May from an ongoing project I've been doing on red foxes at a park near my home. I hope they inspire all of you to get out and make some shots of your own. Great pictures are all around us and are just waiting to be discovered.
I wish you all the best of luck in your photo adventures and hope you all stay safe and continue to enjoy photography for many years to come.
Great shots!
Foxes are on my bucket list of animals to photograph!
Thanks Joey.
Wonderful Red Fox images!
I'm totally with you on the COVID thing. The so-called pandemic hasn't kept me from any of the traveling that I planned to do for wildlife photography.
Between March 2020 and April 2021, during the peak of the virus restrictions, I traveled:
for two weeks to South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana to photograph leaking birds including Sage Grouse, Prairie Chickens, and Sharp-tailed Grouse
for one week to Montana for the Whitetail Deer rut
for one week to Colorado for the Whitetail and Mule Deer ruts
for two weeks to northern California for wintering waterfowl, including Pintails, Northern Shovelers, Ross's Geese, and Wigeon
for an entire month to many different areas of Arizona, primarily for reptiles and amphibians, including Chuckwallas, Rattlesnakes, Canyon Tree Frogs, Desert Iguanas, and Collared Lizards
extensively throughout many areas of my home state of Washington, from the coastal rainforest to the Cascade Mountains to the Sagebrush Desert to the Shrub-Steppe and everywhere in between, for many different species of birds and mammals
Even during the very height of COVID, I was able to go anywhere I wanted to go and photograph any of the species I wanted to photograph. I don't really understand anyone saying that they were actually unable to travel for wildlife photography because of COVID.
Even my friend Gary, who traverses the entire globe for wildlife photography, was able to do several of the international trips that he had planned during the height of the virus.
Thanks!
I'm glad to hear that you've been able to get out.
Although COVID didn't really slow down my excursions, I think that the lock down brought a lot more people into the parks in my area which may have hurt the wildlife population. I can definitely say that there was a lot more trash and dog poop in the parks which wasn't good for the environment.