Interesting how the water makes its legs shorter. If you don't pay attention, you may think those are two different dogs; like the puppy and the mother.
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Interesting how the water makes its legs shorter. If you don't pay attention, you may think those are two different dogs; like the puppy and the mother.
Wow...all these active pets. Running around...fetching sticks....
Not my pug. She probably sleeps 22 hrs a day....here she is torn between sleep and paying attention to what I was doing...sleep won. ;)
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Sleepy Pug-7917 by kayaker72, on Flickr
Thanks for viewing....Brant
Maybe your pug would like an ice cream cone, Brant!
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Lucky & his ice cream cone by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
Another photo of my dog Sören, as he is looking out through the screen on the porch.
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Sören through the screen door by Poik242, on Flickr
For some reason I kind of like the look through the screen, and the photos is framed nicely
Great puppy shots on this page.
You can't tell a cat what to do. And Bo likes to take a nap in the sink/basin every so often. He's a real knuckle head.
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Bo in the sink by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]
Thanks for viewing.
Bo likes to live dangerously. He does know it spits out water, right?
He knows..... Bo knows.
great excuse not to wash your hands ;) way to dangerous to mess with the cat.
Great capture
Here is a shot of my rescue Keeshond, Tiffy. She really loves to run, and especially chase birds!
Thanks to Kombi for helping me learn how to get a picture up!
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Welcome to the forums, WMF! Tiffy is beautiful and that is a great action shot!!
Here are two of my three babies ...
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Buddy by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
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Bathtime by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
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Juno enjoying a stick in the seasons first snowstorm
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Penny stealing frozen tomatoes
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more fun in the snow
I just started giving the dogs haircuts myself ...poor babies!
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Lucky Charm by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
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Sammy showing off his new "do"! by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr
I've been building a portable macro rig and ordered a bunch of flashbenders. Of course I had to try them out on somebody...
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Beautiful shot, Mark! I love the lighting and the cat is beautiful!
I present the king of the house, our Gus
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My Good Side by Dave9072, on Flickr
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Are you done vacuming Yet? by Dave9072, on Flickr
Snooze where ya choose.
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That's a great shot Mark. Very intimate and tells a story about human-animal relationship.
Maybe crop the chair out a bit?
Zuni, enjoying frisbee in the fresh snow. I did not process out the background, it's just quite white.
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Snow Frisbee by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr
One for the wall David. I like it a lot
Attachment 1600
Tasting the good products of Christmas
Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 Planar wide open in available light, I like the dreamy look and the drawing style.
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2012_12_22_1708_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Now, I used a flash and stopped down to f/5.6 and the lens is now is bitingly sharp instead of dreamy.
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2012_12_21_1598_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr
Dave
Nice ones Dave, I like them both. The colour is superb.
Congrats on the new lens.
Nice ones Dave, I like them both. The colour is superb.
Congrats on the new lens.
Dave, that's mighty sharp wide open.
The lesser known rest of my gang.
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Cagney, Running Free by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr
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Joey Sprinting by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr
Nice shots! I went out today in Stockholm with my dog and my sister to try to get some similar action shots of my dog enjoying the snow, and of us sledding down some hills, but didn't really get any keepers. I was doing 1/250, 50mm f2, and ISO 640 to get proper exposures, but it just wasn't fast enough to get sharp images. I think I have this (hopefully) irrational phobia of going above ISO 800. When I got back I came to this thread and checked your settings, 1/1600! Must have been a bright day. Still, I'm going to try to get outside earlier tomorrow, because it was 1:30-2pm, cloudy, and the sun was already pretty far on its decent for the day. The nights are starting to get slightly shorter each day though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidEccleston
Here's one I tried to salvage, though it's not too sharp:
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Sledding with Sören by Poik242, on Flickr
I found that adjusting the WB to 15,000 works pretty well for the snow.
A shutter speed of 1/250th can work for panning sideways shots (even then, I'd use closer to 1/1000th), but for running towards you shots, it's not nearly fast enough. For the dogs running at you, you'll want something like 1/1250th at least, for fast dogs like Aussies and Border Collies. My 1/1600th was at ISO 800 (manually set for fast shutter, and aperture/ISO to just barely not blow out the snow). I'll use ISO 1600, it's 3200 that scares me, though we have some very nice ISO 3200 shots too (just not nearly as many).
It's going to be tough with a 50 and a thin DOF from f/2. We weren't too happy with our action shots until we got a long telephoto. We get keepers with the 85mm, and I do have some 50mm action shots, but it seems much easier to maintain focus on a fast focusing tele lens.
You'll want AI servo, which is obvious, and burst mode, which isn't. Assuming Canon hasn't changed their logic since the early EOS 1 cameras (and I've seen no discussion either way on the subject, so I just assume it's still true), you can expect the first shot to be softer than the rest of the burst. The first shot tracks where your subject IS, and takes the picture when you press the shutter. The focus is off by however much the subject moved during the shutter lag, which at f/2 and a fast dog, may results in many blurry faces, and sharp tails. Subsequent shots are predictive, and will attempt to focus where your subject WILL be, not where it is. With your 50 you may see a long time gap between your first and subsequent pictures as the lens struggles to focus ahead of the dog fast enough. Shoot EARLY, expecting the delay, and expect to throw the first shots away.
Thanks for the tips, really appreciate the advice. This was actually the first time I have used AI servo on my camera, and I used the high speed burst mode as well. You're right that the first ones are the worst. The 50mm actually did better at focusing than I expected it to, since it's pretty slow in that regard. Problem is the rest of my fast focusing lenses I thought would be too slow with the lighting today. Most of the photography stuff I have done has been stationary stuff, often with long exposures, so this is a new area for me.
A longer focal length and the resulting longer distance from your subject also mean that your subject moves slower towards you relative to the shooting distance. That makes it easier to frame and focus the moving subject.
A longer focal length and the resulting longer distance from your subject also mean that your subject moves slower towards you relative to the shooting distance. That makes it easier to frame and focus the moving subject.
I was sure that somewhere I'd seen that newer DSLRs would allow you to choose whether the first shot was shutter RELEASE priority (as I described above, where the first shot would be soft), or focus priority (where it won't necessarily take a shot right away, but when it does it should be good).
I see where I saw this now. On my 7D. Custom function III-2, you'll want set to 0. What I describe above, from an old paper discussing the EOS-1, is setting 3. I have no idea what the default is. The whole set of custom functions relating to AI servo tracking starting on Page 225 of the manual. If you've lost yours, there are links at the end of the reviews on this site.
Was going to ask that question - thanks for the answerQuote:
Originally Posted by ahab1372
Just restored all my photos from a backup drive and loaded into Lightroom, so I've been browsing through 56GB of pictures. I need to delete stuff. But I found this one that I took of my dog when I was playing around with the 100mm macro lens:
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Sören's eye by Poik242, on Flickr