{"id":433785,"date":"2025-12-08T18:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/433785\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:07:46","slug":"ethereal-snowy-fox-portraits-recast-the-animals-from-sly-to-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/433785\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereal Snowy Fox Portraits Recast the Animals From Sly to Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ARoeselien Raimond uses snow to isolate the fox\u2019s character. <\/p>\n

A photographer has captured a series of exquisite images of foxes in snow to highlight each of their personalities and to show they don\u2019t deserve their \u201csly\u201d and \u201ccunning\u201d labels. <\/p>\n

Roeselien Raimond from the Netherlands tells PetaPixel that by isolating them on snow in wintry surroundings, she is showing their individuality by eliminating all other noise. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnimals are often anonymized, making it easier for us to see them as \u2018just a fox,\u2019\u201d Raimond explains. \u201cThe moment you start seeing an animal as an individual and recognize it as a being with personality and associated traits and emotions, you\u2019ll also treat it with more respect. That\u2019s something I want to emphasize with this \u2018Fox Hall of Fame\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Raimond has been photographing foxes for 10 years, previously appearing on PetaPixel for her 64 foxy faces project<\/a>. However, snow appears rarely in the Netherlands so she has had to take her opportunities in the last 15 years. <\/p>\n

\u201cI typically expose to the right (ETTR), which makes my entire photo slightly brighter,\u201d Raimond says of her technique for photographing in the snow. \u201cThen I adjust the contrasts, lights, darks, and shadows to make the snow a bit whiter and expose the fox perfectly. And in some cases, I had to remove some disturbing spots from the snow.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Certainly Raimond\u2019s photos leap off the screen, but it\u2019s not just about capturing wonderful frames; the photographer is keen to change perceptions about foxes which have been characterized as \u201ctricksters\u201d throughout history via folklore, children\u2019s tales, and in literature. <\/p>\n

\u201cFoxes are opportunistic and, given the chance, will not hesitate to \u2018steal\u2019 some chickens,\u201d Raimond says of the vixens and tods. \u201cThis, of course, does not make them popular. What also doesn\u2019t help is that they are interested in the same prey as human hunters, such as rabbits, hares, and pheasants. So they are, in effect, competitors.\u201d <\/p>\n

Fox hunts have of course been a thing for centuries. \u201cTo this day, hunters still call for foxes to be \u2018regulated or managed\u2019,\u201d adds Raimond. \u201cBecause their populations are getting too large, under the guise of protecting other animals. While it\u2019s now been proven that foxes can perfectly regulate their own numbers based on territory size and food availability.\u201d <\/p>\n

Raimond adds that foxes are a \u201cvital link in the ecosystem\u201d and culling them creates more problems. \u201cAfter years of studying foxes, I can say that foxes are far from mean or nasty. They are intelligent, curious, and enterprising, and above all, they are the friendliest and most sociable<\/a> wild animals I know.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Raimond says she hopes her photos and the stories she writes about them influence people\u2019s opinions of foxes. \u201cBecause if you look closely, you\u2019ll immediately see that this wonderful, intelligent animal that deserves a better story,\u201d she adds. <\/p>\n

You can find more of Raimond\u2019s work on her website<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a> <\/p>\n