Photo Of The Day By Mary Catherine Miguez

By Kristan Ashworth

Updated August 9, 2016

Photo By Mary Catherine Miguez

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Fox on the Dune” by Mary Catherine Miguez. Location: Sandbridge Beach, Virginia.

“I had the opportunity to shoot this red fox and her five kits; it was quite the pleasure in Sandbridge Beach, VA, very near Back Bay Wildlife Refuge.

Gear & Settings: Nikon D750, 500mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/200 sec., ISO 1600.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook and Twitter. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published August 8, 2016

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