Your Pet A Day.... (post up!)

**bobbotron** · 04-24-2016, 06:58 PM - **6 Likes**

I feel like I'm finally leveling up in my action photography skills.

Coby likes to take a ball up the hill, then she drops it and chases it down the hill, takes it back up again. It's a hilarious game.

**pbancr** · 04-25-2016, 08:31 AM - **1 Like**

K30 + S Tak 35/3.5

jcsnyc · 04-25-2016, 12:39 PM

Taken with a Pentax 50mm 1.2 (at 1.2) on a K3 II of my dog Bree.

**paulh** · 04-25-2016, 12:49 PM

Super shots on this page!
Jeannie on the trail this morning - Fuji X10:

**mattb123** · 04-25-2016, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by bobbotron

I feel like I'm finally leveling up in my action photography skills.

Coby likes to take a ball up the hill, then she drops it and chases it down the hill, takes it back up again. It's a hilarious game.

I think you are! Nice one, and that is funny. Coby looks adorably awkward. Perfect!

gifthorse · 04-25-2016, 01:05 PM

Her Royal Highness allowing her faithful subject (me) to entertain her.
SMC F50 1.7 on a K5ii

**bobbotron** · 04-25-2016, 01:34 PM

Originally posted by mattb123

I think you are! Nice one, and that is funny. Coby looks adorably awkward. Perfect!

She sure is! She doesn't go half in when she's chasing something, she's a bit of a wrecking ball through the brush.

My new trick is to pre focus on a spot I know she's going to travel through and burst fire when she's in that zone. I find the keeper rate is a lot better than trying to focus with CAF, where it often trails behind her. Mind you, this totally falls apart if she takes a different line to get to me, thankfully she moves around a lot so there's a lot of time for honing the technique. I find with CAF, it's super hard to keep the center focus point on your subject when it's racing towards you, so you end up with a lot of shots with the ground behind your subject in focus. Burst mode is scary fast on the K3 with a high shutter speed and AF turned off!

**mattb123** · 04-27-2016, 07:39 AM

A posed shot with the 645D while we were out last night. She has been joining me pretty regularly on my evening shoots (when there aren't really big cliffs right next to us) and now gets excited if I pick up the tripod and bag.

jcsnyc · 04-27-2016, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by mattb123

A posed shot with the 645D while we were out last night. She has been joining me pretty regularly on my evening shoots (when there aren't really big cliffs right next to us) and now gets excited if I pick up the tripod and bag.

WOW.... I like your dog, BUT I LOVE your 645D. How big a difference between your SLR (which I believe you also have due to some of the other flickr shots) and your 645D? Thoughts on the 645D vs. the Z? The quality of that shot is pretty amazing.

**dadipentak** · 04-27-2016, 04:41 PM

Originally posted by mattb123

now gets excited if I pick up the tripod and bag.

Next step: train her to carry the gear.

**mattb123** · 04-27-2016, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by jcsnyc

WOW.... I like your dog, BUT I LOVE your 645D. How big a difference between your SLR (which I believe you also have due to some of the other flickr shots) and your 645D? Thoughts on the 645D vs. the Z? The quality of that shot is pretty amazing.

Ha ha yeah it's nice. But it's big. And heavy. And slow. But the files are really great to work with. So much shadow detail! Z is faster to use and much better high ISO (D only goes to 1600 and not as well). But the D was affordable while the Z still out of reach. I shoot the crop bodies for fast moving stuff, traveling light, and that sort of thing. But I love the D too. And of course Luna!
For landscapes and portraits it's really a great camera. I had (still have) a 645 film body that I tried for a few months before deciding to go for the D. MF is a commitment.

Originally posted by dadipentak

Next step: train her to carry the gear.

Hmmm. I get nervous sometimes if anyone else carries my stuff so having her chase rabbits with it would be too much!

jcsnyc · 04-28-2016, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by mattb123

MF is a commitment.

Seems that way... K1 maybe not so much....

Yet another picture of Bree. This one taken with my K3 II and a Takumar 135mm 2.5. Was a quick shot - but I love the eyes (and the lens isn't bad either...)

**dadipentak** · 04-29-2016, 04:47 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by mattb123

MF is a commitment.

As I'm discovering.

**mattb123** · 04-30-2016, 03:13 PM - **2 Likes**

Out with the small camera today hiking with Luna.

**pepperberry farm** · 05-01-2016, 08:57 PM

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04-24-2016, 06:58 PM - 6 Likes	#7276
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	I feel like I'm finally leveling up in my action photography skills. Coby likes to take a ball up the hill, then she drops it and chases it down the hill, takes it back up again. It's a hilarious game.

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mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	Originally posted by bobbotron I feel like I'm finally leveling up in my action photography skills. Coby likes to take a ball up the hill, then she drops it and chases it down the hill, takes it back up again. It's a hilarious game. I think you are! Nice one, and that is funny. Coby looks adorably awkward. Perfect!

04-25-2016, 01:05 PM	#7281
gifthorse Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nevada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,945	Her Royal Highness allowing her faithful subject (me) to entertain her. SMC F50 1.7 on a K5ii

04-25-2016, 01:34 PM	#7282
bobbotron Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ottawa, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,349	Originally posted by mattb123 I think you are! Nice one, and that is funny. Coby looks adorably awkward. Perfect! She sure is! She doesn't go half in when she's chasing something, she's a bit of a wrecking ball through the brush. My new trick is to pre focus on a spot I know she's going to travel through and burst fire when she's in that zone. I find the keeper rate is a lot better than trying to focus with CAF, where it often trails behind her. Mind you, this totally falls apart if she takes a different line to get to me, thankfully she moves around a lot so there's a lot of time for honing the technique. I find with CAF, it's super hard to keep the center focus point on your subject when it's racing towards you, so you end up with a lot of shots with the ground behind your subject in focus. Burst mode is scary fast on the K3 with a high shutter speed and AF turned off!

04-27-2016, 07:39 AM	#7283
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	A posed shot with the 645D while we were out last night. She has been joining me pretty regularly on my evening shoots (when there aren't really big cliffs right next to us) and now gets excited if I pick up the tripod and bag.

04-27-2016, 03:00 PM	#7284
jcsnyc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 253	Originally posted by mattb123 A posed shot with the 645D while we were out last night. She has been joining me pretty regularly on my evening shoots (when there aren't really big cliffs right next to us) and now gets excited if I pick up the tripod and bag. WOW.... I like your dog, BUT I LOVE your 645D. How big a difference between your SLR (which I believe you also have due to some of the other flickr shots) and your 645D? Thoughts on the 645D vs. the Z? The quality of that shot is pretty amazing.

04-27-2016, 04:41 PM	#7285
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by mattb123 now gets excited if I pick up the tripod and bag. Next step: train her to carry the gear.

04-27-2016, 10:03 PM	#7286
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	Originally posted by jcsnyc WOW.... I like your dog, BUT I LOVE your 645D. How big a difference between your SLR (which I believe you also have due to some of the other flickr shots) and your 645D? Thoughts on the 645D vs. the Z? The quality of that shot is pretty amazing. Ha ha yeah it's nice. But it's big. And heavy. And slow. But the files are really great to work with. So much shadow detail! Z is faster to use and much better high ISO (D only goes to 1600 and not as well). But the D was affordable while the Z still out of reach. I shoot the crop bodies for fast moving stuff, traveling light, and that sort of thing. But I love the D too. And of course Luna! For landscapes and portraits it's really a great camera. I had (still have) a 645 film body that I tried for a few months before deciding to go for the D. MF is a commitment. Originally posted by dadipentak Next step: train her to carry the gear. Hmmm. I get nervous sometimes if anyone else carries my stuff so having her chase rabbits with it would be too much!

04-29-2016, 04:47 AM - 1 Like	#7288
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by mattb123 MF is a commitment. As I'm discovering.

04-30-2016, 03:13 PM - 2 Likes	#7289
mattb123 Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Colorado High Country Photos: Gallery Posts: 10,872	Out with the small camera today hiking with Luna.