Bill, this shot from Matthew is very similar to how i shoot horse jumping. I focus at the base of the jump, which will give me some DOF in front and a bit behind, and what for "the moment" then shoot.
Sounds simply, but it took a while to get the timing down. Lots of useless film, t first. Dave On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:40 AM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Hunt" > Subject: Re: PUG reminder > > >> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Not having access to a 1D, my method of shooting Agility is to pick one >>> obstacle and focus on >>> it. When the dog gets to it, I take a picture. Usually, either too early or >>> too late. >> >> That's what I do with my K10D, but I don't find the timing to be too >> hard. Keeping my left eye open helps. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/2441122563/ >> >> I previously shot my wife's dogs with manual-focus Canon FD gear, so I >> guess I got used to working that way. AF.S speeds up prefocusing on >> the jump, at least. >> >> Lately, I've been trying to shoot swallows in flight. I had a >> 1-in-108 success ratio my first time out. At least it makes the dogs >> seem easy. > > Excellent shot!! I never seem to get it quite right. I don't look through the > viewfinder at all > when shooting Agility, I set up on the obstacle and watch the dog. I just > don't quite have the > timing down yet. We don't have many events here, so don't get much practice. > I tried shooting > barn swallows at my inlaws acreage years ago with one of my Nikons (probably > the FE). The best I > managed over a 36 exposure roll was a black streak near the edge of the frame > that could have > been anything. Those little suckers are fast. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
