Tips For Horse And Dog Pics Please ...

[Crits'N'Bits]

I am trying to improve my photo's (learning as I go ... ) but continue to get frustrated by my poor horse and dog photo's.

What lens would be most appropriate for

a) still shots of horses

b) action shots of horses and dogs

c) horses at a distance

sorry if this is all basic photography 101 but like I said I am learning

I have a D40 with lenses 18-55, 12-24, 55-200 and 70-300

looking at moving up to a D5000 at some time in the future

any advice would be much appreciated

[rubiton]

Use either of the last two lenses.

FOr action put it on the nikon equivalent of AI Servo for the auto focus. For a sunny day - make sure sun is behind you when you face the subject. Put it on ISO 400 PUt it on F8 and put the speed on 1/1000th. Pan with horse as it moves and gentley push the button. Keep centre focus point on horse.

That should work

For stil horse shots put the auto focus mode on the equivalent of One Shot (I only talk canon) and leave the rest the same.

For distant paddock shots hold the camera very very still and hold your breathe when you gentley press the button.

YOu should not need to 'upgrade' the camera to get good animal photos.

The bigger zoom lenses are best as you dont want to go under 50 on a zoom for horse photos or if they are close to you you will end up with 'big head' syndrome.

Edited May 25, 2009 by rubiton