Pups having fun at Bewl

[planetc]

Had a little walk out with the pups the other morning.....

rainbow by planetcflyball, on Flickr

rae by planetcflyball, on Flickr

finn by planetcflyball, on Flickr

cookie by planetcflyball, on Flickr

Blown highlights on Raes chest due to extreme contrast, but I still love the shot of her.

[Tigger]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

nice set Paul - I see the key to getting decent shots with moving dogs is keeping the speed high - would you say 1/1000 is about the slowest you could use? I'm thinking about trying some with my puppy but the little bugger moves so fast getting him in the frame is a challenge LOL

[planetc]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

Depends how fast they are and the angle of view, but yes, 1/1000 is a good starting point. Sometimes you get away with less. I find the hardest thing is nailing the focus, with nine points the distance between the centre and surrounding points is a little too large, and it's very hard to keep the centre point in the right place with the dog movement. Keeper ratio is very low on shots like Rainbow at the top. It's a little easier if the dog is traveling a known path and you can pre focus

[Tigger]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

cheers Paul - I think one of my biggest challenges will be getting down to his height - as for working out a path it would seem every direction other than towards me!... I need to send him to dog training classes

[planetc]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

You need to be more important than everything else he is likely to encounter, so that he will always return to you on command. Small pieces of chicken are a useful training tool, and following training. You can get it so he is always ready to recall because he has a possibility that it will result in a treat. Start early with it, as it's easier to train from the beginning than it is to rectify bad habits.

[Tigger]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

yeah, I been letting him run around when I take him for a walk and offer treats when he returns to command - sometimes he returns but if he more interested in sniffing or something catches his attention he's off

[Stan]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

I quite like the first, just a bit of a shame the right side is in shadow although you may be able to pull out some detail with the shadow/highlight tool

Stan

[planetc]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

I didn't actually register in my head that it was that dark, but now you've mentioned it yes, I can see it could probably do with a little bit of lifting. I'll take a look when I get a few minutes. Early start in the morning as we are off to another flyball competition.

[Parsen66]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

I good set Paul. My particular fav is the third, he/she has a mean look in its eyes

[planetc]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

I good set Paul. My particular fav is the third, he/she has a mean look in its eyes

Finn..... If you think that's mean you should see him when he really tries, positively evil.

[tesarver]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

Nice set Paul

Tom

[planetc]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

Cheers

[paulr5604]

Re: Pups having fun at Bewl

lovely looking dogs. nicely captured too