Champion Ball Herder

[lovelife65]

Took camera out to big field with our dogs today. Very smoky, unhealthy air, so waited for a bit to see if winds would clear it up.

Anyhow, our male lab Kulshan loves to herd the ball. It's the love of his life. He's extremely talented, moving very fast, through and over things, and he loves to get it up in the air.

I don't think my focus was good on this, as the aperture may have been off, but his expression shows his love of getting it up. Wish I could find some Treiball competitions for him, I know he'd kick butt.
Me, I'm still practicing getting these beautiful dogs in all their glorious action.

Champion ball herder by sharonkay finley, on Flickr

[escape]

Hi Sharon; I like the intensity of the moment. I cropped and rotated your image to bring the focus entirely on the moment. Playing with the crop and rotation can result in some interesting renditions. To me anyway.

[lovelife65]

Hi Sharon; I like the intensity of the moment. I cropped and rotated your image to bring the focus entirely on the moment. Playing with the crop and rotation can result in some interesting renditions. To me anyway.

Thanks! You are right, room for improvement always. They are SO fast, really hard to capture... but good to work on my skills.

[Cantab]

Sharon, this is a good action shot-- you captured it at a great moment.
When you're shooting this kind of scene, do you use what I think of as machine gun mode (I don't remember the technical name -- burst mode?)?
When something is happening really fast, it's impossible, at least for me, to judge the precise moment to press the shutter.

[lovelife65]

Sharon, this is a good action shot-- you captured it at a great moment.
When you're shooting this kind of scene, do you use what I think of as machine gun mode (I don't remember the technical name -- burst mode?)?
When something is happening really fast, it's impossible, at least for me, to judge the precise moment to press the shutter.

Thanks Bruce, you are correct I need to put my camera into the burst mode.... that would help immensely. He is so talented, I am going to keep working on capturing him in all his ball herding joy.

[rpcrowe]

Great shot of a handsome dog.... I agree with Bruce that burst mode would give you the advantage of a selection of images - each one a bit different and unique from the others... These are two shots from a burst sequence...