On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chances are that even most of the people on this list, which on average > has pretty high photographic skills, wouldn't get great shots their first time > taking photos of dogs in action. My wife competes in dog agility (in the role of the human), and it's not too hard to get good shots of that, at least outdoors: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/2441122563/ The technique is simply to prefocus on the jump, and then it's just a matter of timing. Keeping both eyes open helps. You can pick it up quickly, and any current DSLR with a 200 or 300mm kit lens should do fine. Depends on how close you can get, and how big or small the dogs are. That picture's from my K10D with Tamron 70-300 at 220mm; the dog's small (8 lb) but we were in our own yard and I could get close. But dogs running around in "free play" is a different matter. Forget Larry's "first time," I still get few good shots after years of trying. The K10D autofocus just won't keep up with the dogs, at least not the fast sort that my wife favors. I know the newer models are significantly better, but whether they are good enough to lock on to a running dog, I cannot say. I recommend cats. -- 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.
