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03/05/2006 05:54:17 PM · #1 |
A few from today @ f5.6 1/640 sec @ 200mm ISO 100 .
Any pointers for doing this type of shot better ?
Thanks
 He was turning to go around me here .
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03/05/2006 05:56:43 PM · #2 |
did you use continuous focus? They look pretty good to me...although they do look like a crop of an original for some reason.
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03/05/2006 06:07:35 PM · #3 |
They aren't bad, considering how fast they were coming towards you.
When I shoot fast running dogs (I do a lot of agility and herding event photography) if I have the option, I will pre-select a point and lock focus at that point. Then, with both eyes open so I can look through the view finder as well as see the dog, I'll wait till the dog gets to that point and shoot. I did this with my D30 and 10D. The AF and AI of the 10D was ok, but still not good enough to always catch a fast moving dog fairly close when I was shooting with a 70-200 2.8L IS lens. Now that I've moved up to the 1DMKII, the AI works a whole lot better and as long as I have the focusing point where it should be, will catch the shot.
Another thing is to take up your ISO to 200 or even 400. The camera you have should be able to still give you low noise pictures at that setting but being able to bump the shutter speed up another couple of stops will work in your favor on doing stop action shots like this.
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03/05/2006 07:02:39 PM · #4 |
Yes I used continous I just cropped the b/g out .
Message edited by author 2006-03-05 19:03:13. |
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03/05/2006 07:11:35 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by MikeJ:
They aren't bad, considering how fast they were coming towards you.
When I shoot fast running dogs (I do a lot of agility and herding event photography) if I have the option, I will pre-select a point and lock focus at that point. Then, with both eyes open so I can look through the view finder as well as see the dog, I'll wait till the dog gets to that point and shoot. I did this with my D30 and 10D. The AF and AI of the 10D was ok, but still not good enough to always catch a fast moving dog fairly close when I was shooting with a 70-200 2.8L IS lens. Now that I've moved up to the 1DMKII, the AI works a whole lot better and as long as I have the focusing point where it should be, will catch the shot.
Another thing is to take up your ISO to 200 or even 400. The camera you have should be able to still give you low noise pictures at that setting but being able to bump the shutter speed up another couple of stops will work in your favor on doing stop action shots like this.
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You think a faster s/s would help ?
I have some trouble getting these 2 in the same shot .
The weeds are always getting the way ,and they can move pretty dam quick so it is a real challenge . I will just have try it again .LOL |
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03/06/2006 01:07:51 AM · #6 |
If you have the light to take it up to 1/1000th and you get them in focus, the faster shutter speed will help. If it's not in focus, it won't. :D
Another thought, depending on how close they are to you, it might be better to go for the same shutter speed, higher ISO but a smaller fstop. Another 2 stops would improve your depth of field by a good margin. This would give you a greater depth of field, which would give you a better chance of getting the dog inside your focus envelope. And two dogs if you have one behind the other.
It does take practice to get the timing down on running dogs. And when they are running towards you, it's different than if they are running across in front so you can pan with them. If you get pretty good at it, try going to a dog show that has agility and try your hand at that. :D
Mike
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