Framed by the glow of street lights along Kuwait city.
An Arabian red fox kitten exploring the night just outside its den.
Arabian Red Foxes usually breed in the desert far away from human, this is a really rare case that i monitored for almost three months.
I found two dens near the city of Kuwait, each den have a family of 5 kittens with their parents
One den was really near the houses next to the shore of Kuwait which amazed me when i first saw them!
The other den was still next to houses but in an old palm reserve!
Finding breeding foxes near the city is really something unusual!
Land degradation, habitat loss , human impact and overhunting in the desert plus hunting! is what made these two families decide to risk it all and breed near the city.
This was taken in Kuwait city, an area near to the shore called Doha, the colorful lights are street and car light “ this is why some lights are higher than others ” and all those light were reflecting on the sea water.
The rim light/backlight is two small continuous light “hand flash lights”
The mother catch something every night and dig a small hall and hide the food, some time its a fish “maybe dead fish from the shore next to them” sometime she come with a bird! sometime with left over food from people!
so once she dig and hide the food, i put those flash lights and wait for her and the cubs to come and dig the food back! and this is how i got this shot
There was 5 kits with their mom
I did go to the foxes den for about three months for maybe 4 days a week or so and stayed there for 3 to 5 hours just after sunset. at first i was a bit far away, lets say 20 meters from where they usually play. i didn’t approach the den for two reasons, first the den was at sea level and there is no empty good place for me to photograph them. Secondly. with high tide the space gets really narrow to even stand there.
i hope i can explain this right, the den is down next to the shore, but the ground level is 2 meters