Agility class photos!

[crysania4]

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!

Comments

[crysania4.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This boy is a really nice dog. I quite like him a lot. And the Terv is AWESOME. Some days I'm torn between getting a Terv and BC but considering how much easier it is to get a BC from a rescue (as in there aren't many Tervs in rescue) I'll probably still end up with my BC someday.

[recreatexme.livejournal.com]

I'd only get a Terv if I was going to do protection sports (which I might in the distant future) since the working lines are so freaking insane, and I'm not a huge fan of the show lines, but I really do like them. Between BCs and Aussies I tend to prefer Aussie personalities but I like training BCs more... I just want ALL THE DOGS!

[crysania4.livejournal.com]

LOL I want ALL THE DOGS too. Well, all the herding sort of dogs. BCs seem to be my main interest though. I like their personalities, their looks, and ok so I like their tails. Plus every freaking Aussie I see in agility barks its damned head off and that would drive me NUTS. I've seen a few vocal BCs in agility but mostly they're super focused and quiet when out there.