Wanting to learn ....
Jan 28, 2014 13:26:45 #
OddJobber wrote:
Just an afterthought. There's gonna be a spray and pray factor involved. Regardless of your camera's max frames per second rate, as you slow your shutter speed, the time required for each shot to completely cycle may decrease the actual frames per second you get. And be sure to turn noise reduction OFF, as this can slow down the camera speed once you fill your buffer.
Another option, is to set your camera to fire only when it acquires focus. You will capture fewer shots, but ask yourself this: Do I want an out of focus shot? It's less of the "spray and pray".... I use this for BIF-- and find that I prefer having fewer images to review-- but more keepers.
Jan 28, 2014 14:45:56 #
Jan 28, 2014 21:20:08 #
[quote=agilityk9]The only two things you can do is up the ISO to near max 800 or more. Fast lens like 1.4 are expensive. But yours shows as a 4.8. Quite slow. 1/125 is not very fast for a moving dog. David
Jan 29, 2014 09:41:38 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Another option, is to set your camera to fire only when it acquires focus. You will capture fewer shots, but ask yourself this: Do I want an out of focus shot? It's less of the "spray and pray".... I use this for BIF-- and find that I prefer having fewer images to review-- but more keepers.
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That is very true.
Jan 29, 2014 09:42:39 #
Skellum0 wrote:
Try shooting bursts of 3-5 shots on the continuous setting.
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Jan 29, 2014 09:44:04 #
[quote=Meives]
Thank you for looking and commenting! I really appreciate it.
agilityk9 wrote:
The only two things you can do is up the ISO to near max 800 or more. Fast lens like 1.4 are expensive. But yours shows as a 4.8. Quite slow. 1/125 is not very fast for a moving dog. David
Thank you for looking and commenting! I really appreciate it.
Jan 29, 2014 16:48:28 #
agilityk9 wrote:
No, it's not! And that is kind of what I was trying to do. But I would like the dog to be a bit sharper. I am just going to have to practice and work it out. But all this advice has given me a place to start, and for that I am very grateful.
Thank you for commenting! And good luck to you, also!
Thank you for commenting! And good luck to you, also!
After looking at your pictures again, I think shot #2 may have done as good a job as you can of freezing the dog while getting motion blur in the background. But, at 1/80 second,you don't have enough background motion blur to make it look like something you wanted to do. If you use a slower speed to increase the background blur it may be next to impossible to pan on the dog and freeze it's action. If the dog's movement were in only one direction then it likely could be done. But, the dog is not only moving forward, but also bouncing up and down. I doubt that you can pan with both the forward and the up and down movement. However, I would try it anyway and hope to get lucky.
Keep in mind that you will not be able to freeze the whole dog because some parts of him, (legs for example), move much faster than others. All you would need for a great shot would be to freeze it's face.
Forgive me if this is a double posting. The first time I tried to write it. it disappeared. I couldn't tell if it just got erased or was send out.
Jan 29, 2014 17:48:37 #
Tom H wrote:
After looking at your pictures again, I think shot... (show quote)
Thank you, again! You are right I had not thought about the up and down motion just the forward. Hmmm!
Feb 10, 2014 12:05:41 #
One method not mentioned is to anticipate. Pre focus one of the poles
when the doge reaches this pre focused zone, pull the trigger.
JW Smith
www.CloseToTheFlame.com
when the doge reaches this pre focused zone, pull the trigger.
JW Smith
www.CloseToTheFlame.com
Mar 17, 2014 18:52:48 #
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