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According to the canine control its 1000 ks

Thats so funny expecially falling out of the sandpit

Is the AF you talk about the Auto Focus???

Yep, sorry I hate it when people abbreviate and assume everyone will know what they're talking about.

We also are against the 1000 mile reach as we feel it is far too much. People are either going to participate in their breed nationals or not....regardless of if it's across the street or 999 miles away as the crow flies. It USED to be confined to the state lines, now that 1000 number extends from Melbourne half way to the south pole, and I totally agree that the show should have listed this information, and easy to say they didn't know....are all the state bodies not connected in some manner to the ANKC?? Lack of communication is not an excuse for someone to enter, feeling they were going for points, only to find out they were not eligible and would not receive a refund because someone failed to put all the information in the right spot.

Yes we do your thoughts on our breed and if your friend was not there yesterday she would have only seen youngsters in varying stages of growth etc, and I doubt they would have seen anyone in a bikini it was to cold and wet. There was a lighter moment in sires progeny when a green suited gentleman led the group in.

I will ask on the shepherd forum though who was wearing bikini at the national

QUOTE (Eric @ 3rd May 2010 - 05:31 PM)

At the back to back held on the week-end not only was no Challenge or Best of Breed awarded for Shepherds, but the Best Shepherd could not go in for Best in Group or Runner Up in Group. The only Group or in Show Awards available for German Shepherds to take part in was the Class in Groups & if a Shepherd won his class in Group he would be able to go in that Class in Show unless the Best in Group or Best in Show came from that class.

The line up for Best in Group 5 was minus a German Shepherd Representative.

Eric.

Very sad

Is the AF you talk about the Auto Focus???

Its a case of either go or not and the choice is that of the individual exhibitor.

I think is a great rule and yes we were one of the ones penalised - not able to travel for health reasons (Doctors orders). The reason I think its a good rule it stops those point chasers running to another little show a few hundred k's away to get points because the competition is at a national event. All these things get printed in gazettes and K9 Journals and exhibitors need to read.

The GSD National is in Sydney in 2011 and any shows in Northern Tassie will be not be able offer challenges for GSDs.

It happened a few weeks ago with the dally national in Sydney and the ABKA held their shows at Westbury in northern Tasmania. No Dally challenge points.

Just out of interest there were some 20+ exhibitors from WA who attended the GSDCA National and they took home a class (Junior Bitch), Silver and Bronze medals with a 2nd and a 3rd in open bitch classes.

These are special events held once a year for GSDs and financially we budget very carefully to ensure we can attend and I know there are others who do the same.

Just for the record the club hosting this event did not know the national was on and were not informed by the State canine body.

The Weimaraner National was on in Adelaide as well

Love those shots wow.

I hope that one day I can get shots that clear and so well coloured

Can I ask what is Street Photography please???

http://www.flickr.com/groups/nrsp/

That is just one sample.

It's taking your camera to public places and shooting and hoping you don't get bashed.

Just kidding. It's shooting in public. To avoid getting in trouble, make sure if you take a photo of someone and they have noticed you take a photo, you go over and introduce yourself, tell them what you're doing, show them the photo and ask if you are okay to use it. Most people will say yes, some people will ask you to delete it, a minority of people will be rude about it.

Fiddling with settings and playing now so I do get lots of disasters

Can I ask what is Street Photography please???

Thanks Ash.

EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yukko

Scarey but funny lol

Can someone let me know if I'm on the right track with my pics, cause i honestly have no idea and am anxious to be learning more. All of these challenges are really helpful. I will definately be using them once I get my new camera.

So a big thank you to Ash for helping a complete beginner and to everyone else for inspiring me with their beautiful photos.

Must not look, must not look, lol

My only saving grace is at the moment everything I can is being put into getting a new lens. Phew thank goodness for that or I would be bag hunting in that link

I am looking forward to the May challenge as well. I am learning a lot.

Took the camera to Targa Tasmania (car rally) today. Disappointed in some of the photos but its all part of the learning process.

Amazing

Hope he makes a full recovery

Wooo hoo!!!!!

EFS

You spelt wooo hooo wrong? ;)

Show us some photos woman

Cannot believe the judge with the GSD experience is not doing GSDs.

Could they give you the policy number and you use the number to insure your camera and then they just re-issue you the paper work?? Or is that too simple for them??

yep wow.

I have UV filters on a couple of my lenses. I haven't noticed any "horrid artifacts" on any of my photos

Here are some examples of the type of artifacts that can be caused by a UV filter on the end of the lens:

http://forums.steves-digicams.com/attachme...ilter-flare.jpg

http://toothwalker.org/optics/filterflare.html

http://www.riseofx.com/flare1.jpg

It's particularly bad when shooting into lights at night time.

Once you've had a photo ruined by a cheap filter, you give up on them pretty quickly.

It's actually very hard to scratch the end of a lens.

Hmmm... I wish I knew that about 12 years ago when I worked for a camera wholesaler and people would bring in their scratched lenses. I could have told them all they were making it up and sent them on their way.

I don't know who told you that. Obviously it takes a bit of a whack or some sort of pressure to scratch them but it's not as uncommon as you seem to think.

(but personally, I don't use filters either.)

I'm not saying it's not possible, but it takes a fair whack as you said and some carelessness or accident such as dropping it, which will often cause bigger problems than a filter can prevent anyway.

I just think when you are weighing up the risk of scratching your lens against the horrid artifacts etc caused by crappy filters, I'd rather take the risk of scratching and just make sure I am careful with my lenses.

maybe I need to rethink my strategy then cause I was told to put filters on everything to help protect it

I like it. It also has a eerie look to it.