High Flying
Posted on September 20, 2010 in Animals, Pet Photography
One of the things that I found most challenging with photographing agility was trying to anticipate where the dog will be in the frame. For instance, this jump was several feet wide. Some of the dogs came at the jump straight on, others came from the side, and then there were others that simply stopped and walked around the jump! I tried to focus on the poles and then try to keep one eye on the dog who was running full steam ahead and then hopefully snap the shutter at just the right moment. I could have zoomed out a bit on this one so that the dog would be lower in the frame, but still you have to love that all 4 paws are off the ground and the dog is flying through the air. The bar for this dog was set at 16″ from the ground. In yesterdays image of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, the bar was set at 8″. The dogs were having a blast….tails wagging through the entire run!