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Blue Ridge Agility Club Trials Western North Carolina Ag Center

11-30-07 to 12/02/07
Shot mainly to practice capturing motion in a low light arena without flash. Didn't want to go lower than ISO1600 and used my fastest longest lens. Depth of field was extremely shallow. Dogs were sharpened. No noise reduction was used because there was little enough detail! Shooting agility requires split second shutter decisions and really accurate focus...and perhaps smaller apertures since the depth of field was definitely an issue in this set! Also, not sure the 1/500 of a second was fast enough to catch these jet-propelled critters.
_MG_0203 Exuberance
_MG_0203 Exuberance		 _MG_0217 When is my turn?
_MG_0217 When is my turn?		 _MG_0212 Quality Time
_MG_0212 Quality Time		 _MG_0202 Watchful Waiting
_MG_0202 Watchful Waiting
_MG_0181 Partnership
_MG_0181 Partnership		 _MG_0496 Weave Poles
_MG_0496 Weave Poles		 _MG_0502 Flying Poodle
_MG_0502 Flying Poodle		 _MG_0503 Tunnel Exit Poodle
_MG_0503 Tunnel Exit Poodle
_MG_0506 Yellow Lab
_MG_0506 Yellow Lab		 _MG_0526 Flying Sheltie
_MG_0526 Flying Sheltie		 _MG_0528 Bullseye
_MG_0528 Bullseye		 _MG_0546 Bullseye 2
_MG_0546 Bullseye 2
_MG_0560 Here I come
_MG_0560 Here I come		 _MG_0568 Flying Corgi
_MG_0568 Flying Corgi		 _MG_0569 Corgi Gazelle
_MG_0569 Corgi Gazelle		 _MG_0575 Cooperation
_MG_0575 Cooperation
_MG_0652 Teamwork
_MG_0652 Teamwork		 _MG_0657 Charge
_MG_0657 Charge		 _MG_0666 Agility Ballet
_MG_0666 Agility Ballet		 _MG_0677 Follow the Leader
_MG_0677 Follow the Leader
_MG_0681 Ahead of the game
_MG_0681 Ahead of the game		 _MG_0683 Leaping with Delight
_MG_0683 Leaping with Delight		 _MG_0688 Follow Me
_MG_0688 Follow Me		 _MG_0690 Big Crop
_MG_0690 Big Crop
_MG_0692Will he make it
_MG_0692Will he make it		 _MG_0693 Made It
_MG_0693 Made It

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Bill McClung04-Dec-2007 04:50
Nice shots Isabel. Sometimes it's more fun to watch and photograph the dog's "pet humans" at these events!
Digipets01-Dec-2007 04:56
Better to be holding the camera than running the course...;-)You are FAST! kris
Guest 30-Nov-2007 23:09
Good shots, Isabel. And they're not noisy with the ISO at 1600. Trying to digest your settings. :-) These dogs looks like they're really enjoying themselves.
Guest 30-Nov-2007 21:37
You got some nice action shots here, Isabel. So did that one dog make it over the jump? The one that looks like he jumped too early?
Tim van Woensel30-Nov-2007 20:27
I've seen stuff like this on TV, but never in a photo shoot. Thanks for sharing!
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