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Agility class photos!
I brought my camera to class today in the hopes of getting a handful of pictures. Usually we get a fair amount of down time but not this time of course! She had us paired up and being distraction for someone else (more on that later). I ended up getting only a few and I was pretty disappointed with it though the quality was good. But then I was talking to Heather after class and said something about how I'd stick around to take some of the next class, but I didn't want to be too much of a distraction. Tina's response as she walked by? "The dogs need distraction. Take photos if you want to!" So I stayed and took A TON. I ended up with about 250, of which 126 turned out decent enough to upload. Some turned out really good.
I am SO HAPPY with this camera. You can see how photos taken around the same time of day in the same barn with my A230 came out here. Granted I wasn't using the best lens but still, the graininess sucked.
I shot most of the ones today at ISO-1600, which let me get pretty fast shutter speeds (sometimes even 1/2000 or higher if the dog was light). Many of the photos came out totally sharp, with just a bit of grain. Many of the photos I deleted weren't blurry. They were just bad photos (dogs jumping out of the camera, etc.).
I shot everything using my 135mm f/2.8 prime lens and then cropped if needed.
And for those who haven't seen them on FB...a special treat! I got photos of Dahlia!
This was Penny, my partner for class.
Indy, the black lab, who I like a lot. Indy is about the same age as Dahlia though she has tons more energy and drive.
Q (I think it's just Q though I could be wrong) doing a nice 2on/2off.
I forget the name of this dog.
This Aussie is GORGEOUS.
And apparently thought the tunnel was something to walk ON. I wish this was on focus but it was hard to quickly focus when there was a jump in the way.
Indy again.
Q again. God I LOVE Belgian Tervs.
Handsome Yellow Lab whose name I don't remember. You might remember the story about the Lab who busted his owner's lip in the tugging mini-clinic? This is the dog.
This is my friend Heather's dog, Guinness.
LOL EARS.
Flying treat!
And now for Dahlia! Tina was nice enough to run her for me so I could get a few photos. It was NOT a brilliant Dahlia run by any means as she was tired and confused a bit. But she did well enough for me to get some decent photos.
I am ridiculously happy with my camera!
I am SO HAPPY with this camera. You can see how photos taken around the same time of day in the same barn with my A230 came out here. Granted I wasn't using the best lens but still, the graininess sucked.
I shot most of the ones today at ISO-1600, which let me get pretty fast shutter speeds (sometimes even 1/2000 or higher if the dog was light). Many of the photos came out totally sharp, with just a bit of grain. Many of the photos I deleted weren't blurry. They were just bad photos (dogs jumping out of the camera, etc.).
I shot everything using my 135mm f/2.8 prime lens and then cropped if needed.
And for those who haven't seen them on FB...a special treat! I got photos of Dahlia!
This was Penny, my partner for class.
Indy, the black lab, who I like a lot. Indy is about the same age as Dahlia though she has tons more energy and drive.
Q (I think it's just Q though I could be wrong) doing a nice 2on/2off.
I forget the name of this dog.
This Aussie is GORGEOUS.
And apparently thought the tunnel was something to walk ON. I wish this was on focus but it was hard to quickly focus when there was a jump in the way.
Indy again.
Q again. God I LOVE Belgian Tervs.
Handsome Yellow Lab whose name I don't remember. You might remember the story about the Lab who busted his owner's lip in the tugging mini-clinic? This is the dog.
This is my friend Heather's dog, Guinness.
LOL EARS.
Flying treat!
And now for Dahlia! Tina was nice enough to run her for me so I could get a few photos. It was NOT a brilliant Dahlia run by any means as she was tired and confused a bit. But she did well enough for me to get some decent photos.
I am ridiculously happy with my camera!
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And OH HOLY CRAP IS THAT A RED MERLE AUSSIE.
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A 200mm f/2.8 would be awesome. I'm sure that's way beyond my price range at this point.
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I wish I were taking photos at a real agility event. The dogs today are beginner dogs at handling so they weren't doing anything really difficult or drivey.
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I think indoor action shots definitely need an f/2.8 or better. At f/2.8 I was able to get up to around 1/1000 to 1/3200 depending on the color of the dog. It was fairly light in there though, but I still wanted it as open as possible to get the fasted possible shutter speeds.
I do know the feeling of "OMG THEY ALL SUCK!" The last time I took my camera to the agility barn for photos I came home and looked at them and was so sad because they were awful. The shutter speed was ok, the dogs were frozen in action, but they were so grainy they were entirely unusable.
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I am just going to have to start saving for that better lens. This is a typical 'grainy' shot from today... most of them had this kind of blur or noise (some much worse)
I know the camera body I'm using is pretty good... I just need better lenses.
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I had the better lenses, but needed the better camera body! LOL
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I WANT TO DO AGILITY SO MUCH.
I still have 3 obedience levels to graduate first.
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Tina starts people with very young puppies, puppies who don't even know their name, in the foundation stuff. And it all works great that way.
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