Last year was the first time I had an opportunity to be on the show floor duing the Groups and Best in Show judging at The National Dog Show Presented by Purina.  It was awesome!  What I quickly learned, however, was that the ideal set up would be to have two cameras – one with a long zoom and the other with a shorter focal length lens.  I used my 70-200mm lens for the show and at times it wasn’t long enough and at other times it was too long, depending on where dog and handler happened to be.  The action was fast & furious when they were moving around the ring.  Here’s a shot where I could have used a longer lens …. who doesn’t love a big old hug from a Komondor?  I am following up the original shot with a cropped version of the same image [see below].