AKC Agility Trials

[OldClicker]

Cold, windy and rainy, but a few shots anyway.

[OldClicker]

And these last two are our Shelty, 'Mickey' ripping up the course.







Thanks for looking. - Terry

[dl4449]

I don't know a lot about this type of photography but these are enjoyable to look at.
Looks like a fun shoot and Mickey was having a blast also

[SmartWombat]

Nice images, do the owners prefer the flying dog like the 2nd and 4th photos?
I really like the 2nd of the second set.

The 1st and 5th in the first set look a little soft.
A trick I was told for this type of photography.
Lean forwards, lock focus on the bar of the jump.
Lean back to your normal shooting position.
The distance you move is roughly the same as the distance the dog's head/eyes will be in front of the jump as you shoot them at the peak of the leap.

Even if you're using AF, I've found on a relatively slow focussing body (I'd include my OM-D in that, relative to my 1D ) you can give the AF a better chance of lock if the lens is already close to the proper focus.

[mattb]

Fun photos! My fave is the second one, the flying mop. Nice work!

[OldClicker]

Nice images, do the owners prefer the flying dog like the 2nd and 4th photos?
I really like the 2nd of the second set.

The 1st and 5th in the first set look a little soft.
A trick I was told for this type of photography.
Lean forwards, lock focus on the bar of the jump.
Lean back to your normal shooting position.
The distance you move is roughly the same as the distance the dog's head/eyes will be in front of the jump as you shoot them at the peak of the leap.

Even if you're using AF, I've found on a relatively slow focussing body (I'd include my OM-D in that, relative to my 1D ) you can give the AF a better chance of lock if the lens is already close to the proper focus.

Thanks for the comments.

I've only done this a few times and get a lot of owner feed back since few ever see the images, but they seem to prefer images like the last one in set 1 - a soft portrait of the dog.

I'll try the lean in/ lean back trick next time. Thse were AF and most were rapid fire. Very low keeper rate since I'm not good at keeping the AF marker on the eyes. Practice, practice, practice.

Terry

[OldClicker]

Thanks all. The long haired dogs do give a more dramatic shot. - Terry