Flyball

[Cynthia Blue]

I hope dog sports are considered sports.

I took this picture with my new Olympus evolt e-300 in Vegas early this month. The lens is a 40-150mm f3.5/4.5. Exposure is 1/640 sec at f 5.0, length 150mm, ISO100. No flash, it's in the sun.

I'm happy with the picture... though with taking these types of shots where the dog is coming toward me, I'm finding that I would like a large depth of field so the camera doesn't have to adjust the focus as the dog comes closer. I had this on the action shot auto setting so the camera automatically chose the settings.

This is my first digital SLR so I am still learning. Is it possible to increase the DoF? Will I still get pictures nice and sharp if I do have a greater DoF? I have not played much with the manual settings on the camera yet. I hope to as spring and summer warm up the outdoors.

Thanks!