I'm on a lead, speed it up, ok

[mugge]

This was shot from the hip. The dog's head was quite soft but the shake reduction in Photoshop did help it a tad. C&C most welcome.

I'm on a lead, speed it up, ok by Ole Hansen, on Flickr

[Shadowman]

Nice one, an acceptable amount of focus works in a shot such as this.

[Manfred M]

Sorry Ole - the shake reduction has ended up giving the image too much of an overcooked look. You have replaced one problem (motion blur) with another (overprocessed).

I find that the shake reduction tool that Adobe ships can improve images with a couple of pixels of softness, but it does not work on images that are too soft.

[rpcrowe]

Hi Ole... These kind of impromptu shots are often quite difficult to nail down. Depending on your gear, the focus and shutter speed can become quite a problem! Some camera/lens combinations can nail focus faster than other combinations.

Image Stabilization (IS) and/or Sony's OSS (or the Nikon, Tamron or Sigma equivalents) can help with camera shake BUT (and that is a big BUT!) when you are shooting at a slower shutter speed, subject motion can be the culprit in unsharp imagery.

IMO, one way to get around that shutter speed dilemma is to use auto ISO (if your gear allows it) and select a minimum shutter speed that will stop the type of action speed you expect. I am guessing that 1/250 to 1/500 second might be a good compromise for general shooting. Most of today's cameras will allow you to select a maximum ISO and today's cameras have wonderful higher ISO capabilities. Even when I was shooting with the Canon 30D and 40D cameras, I could use ISO 800 and get very clean images. Later cameras have a far greater high ISO capability.

By the way, even though it is not knife-point sharp, the rendition of the terrier shows how dedicated these wonderful dogs can be to what they were designed to do

[mugge]

Thanks for commenting, John, Manfred and Richard.

Manfred, this is the first time I have used the shake reduction feature, simply because I loved the determined look of the dog.

Richard, I was carrying my Fuji X100f. When 'hip shooting' I usually have the ISO on auto and f stops 8 or 11. I have the camera programmed to max 3200 and shutter speed not below 1/60. It has worked in most situations.