Ripley Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 The shots I took above of monelite's dog I used my Canon 70-200 f/4 lens but it doesn't have IS so I moved my torso and followed through like you would doing an um, golf swing I guess. I didn't take too many shots, I could see on the screen I was lucky and got what I wanted. I think I made poor monelite run back and forth about 3 times. She's fit enough, she handled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Vickie - I don't think you have much to worry about with your lens - shoot at f/8 as much as you like. You get very unique shots, somehow you manage to get the dogs to stand out without blurring the background a lot. It's very impressive.Rugerfly - tsk, tsk, you should always shoot at the highest possible resolution Krislin - keep at it - panning is not easy! You might have to take hundreds of shoots to get a couple of good ones. Yep, they need to be side on. With the 3/4 shot, it's not possible to get that type of panning shot sharp. With panning, the dog has to be travelling across the frame. thanks Luke, I did understand that part. can you please explain it to my whippets with the 3/4 I just started shooting when I saw her start to move. they are so quick, and you dont know where they'll go, it's like trying to photograph a blow fly! If I didn't have so much other stuff to train - I'd like to teach my dog to run across my field of view... hmmm.... Maybe put my dog in a stay....put a treat about 20m away...move into position, release him to get his treat... dog--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------treat ---------------------------------------camera------------------------------------------------- Wouldn't it be nice if you could train dogs to run in a nice even arc around you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezzyr Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 My dog isn't food motivated so she would just come wandering over to me and leave the roast chicken/hot dog/cheese where it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 (edited) The shots I took above of monelite's dog I used my Canon 70-200 f/4 lens but it doesn't have IS so I moved my torso and followed through like you would doing an um, golf swing I guess. I didn't take too many shots, I could see on the screen I was lucky and got what I wanted. I think I made poor monelite run back and forth about 3 times. She's fit enough, she handled it. Mine doesn't have IS either and I tried to do the same as you did. I am going to take the others out now so I might try again, looks like rain though. back home again. A slight improvement but if I cant get some clearer shots this panning caper will soon loose it's appeal for me as they're just alot of blurred photos. I wont repost them again, here's a link instead. It's the afternoon shots of the brindle boy Puck and little black Squiggle http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=150401 Edited October 31, 2008 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepetographer Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Hi set the shutter speed to 1000sec adjust the fogus points till ther is only one in the middle follow the dog keeping that FOCUS SQUARE ON THE DOG ------SQUEEZE OFF SHOT WHIKE STILL FOLLOWING DOG cheers Rod&Ringo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 I did have the focus point in the middle but it was hard keeping it on the moving dog. I want the dog to look like it's stationary and the background to look like it's moving if you understand what I mean. I thought if I had a really fast shutter speed the background would also be in focus and for these pics I dont want that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepetographer Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 the dogs moving -----the cameras moving------the background is stationary/blurred the secret ie to keep the camera moving as u take the shot try it -----u can always lower the shutter speed a tad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke W Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 imo - 1/1000 won't be slow enough to blur the background - unless your shooting F1 cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I might have missed the model of camera you have. Some have a function called 'AI Servo' - If you use this function, when you half press the shutter button the focus adjusts with moving subjects so you don't have to keep re-focusing as they move around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 I might have missed the model of camera you have. Some have a function called 'AI Servo' - If you use this function, when you half press the shutter button the focus adjusts with moving subjects so you don't have to keep re-focusing as they move around. Canon 400D and yes I had it on AI Servo and continuous shoot, it's just operator problems I've just seen what Vickie and Ruthless can do. Both of theirs are brilliant expamples of what I hope to get. Might have to fly them down for one on one instruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthless Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Name the date You can teach me how to make those lovely leather collars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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