Good to see you back, and doing so fantastically at your photography mate.
75-300mm, er how did you know it was a D60?
Thanks guys, I squeaked the fox to within about 10 feet or so thus the quality of the nose and eyes is nice and sharp. I had to be very quick on manual focus (auto would probably pick up the vegetation in the foreground)as she was gone in seconds as soon as I moved.
Squeak as in high pitched noise. Foxes will run in to a squeak. But beware, they will sometimes circumvent in order to get down wind from where the squeak is coming from. If they smell you they will be gone in a flash. Deer do likewise when calling them.
Now if you would've used Ubuntu to get the info, you would've known he used a lens with focal length 300mm (equivalent to 450mm on 35mm). Not to mention iso 360, 1/499s, f/5.6, Pattern Metering Mode, no flash, firmware Ver.1.00 ... Lots of info in the metadataApple Mac - "get info" on the pic.
Thats the 2nd time today I've heard something like this, I really never heard that before. However, I get why a fox might move towards a squeak thinking its a small animal but why would a deer move towards a squeak in the same way?
Sorry, I also forgot to comment on your brilliant pictures. I'm feeling inspired by your results.