Back To Basics: Movement

[redangel]

I have a nikon d90 with kit lenses. I so want to catch my dogs in action like the shots Ive seen here. I always get the grass around the dog in perfect focus but the dog is blurred....I have tried sports mode, shutter priority.... occasionally if I manual focus and all falls to the mark I get a crisp picture of a moving dog...but for one shot I have 3o blurred.

Can anyone outine a rechnique that I could practice to gain a better shot???

[rubiton]

Is it set on whatever nikon's equivalent to AIservo for the auto focus. This one setting makes a MASSIVE difference to movement shots. You also need to pan with the dog when its moving.

[redangel]

Thank You Rubiton. Ill recheck my settings.

[Kirislin]

do you know what the shutter speed was? to freeze motion it needs to be fast, unless you are going for the panning shot to indicate movement, where the background and part of the dog is blurred.

[PossumCorner]

You could increase the ISO a whisker or two, then use a higher shutter speed (shutter priority) and a tripod. A good tripod. And you will hate it, and trip on it, and the dog will trip on it, and you'll forget to take it in and leave it in the rain. All that. Persevere. Tripod can make a huge difference.

[jrm88]

I have been practicing alot to get action shots of animals and high shutter speed is a priority! My favourite action shot to date, the settings were - f - 5.6, shutter 1/500, iso - 1600. The lighting was dim and the animals very fast. It is just a matter of playing around with manual settings to find what works (and have a fast focusing lens!)

[rubiton]

Wow was thinking thats nearly dark think the pic below was on a setting like that

Try ISO 400, F8 1/1000th with back to the sun and try taking action pics - and remember to pan with the dog (even better if the dog is running side on to you). With the focus on AI Focus on equivalent if you keep the centre focus square on teh dog it should all work fine. (should being the operative word).

[Ashanali]

I knew having a subforum would come in handy...

http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=168292