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thetebe — Lord Wincent and the sandstorm
Published: 2010-10-20 14:22:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1003; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 0
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From one of the last races this year. Real low autumn sun gave me alot of unusual shadows. Very fun.Related content
Comments: 15
I'm not a fan of racing, but this is an amazing shot. The motion and power that you've captured are really intense.
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Me neither. Allthough I think there might ba a diffrence between our countries and the magnitude of the racing.
In sweden there is not much money to be made racing, If you win the swedish cup youd score a thousand bucks. That is hardly enough to cover the expense of vetrinarians, food, insurance, travel and so on.
I think thats is a good thing, that takes away those in it for cash, and leave us who love the dogs and do it for fun.
I think its scary when you can make money of it. Just makes it bad for everyone.
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Yes, once money becomes involved all kinds of things turn ugly. But if dogs are raced because of a love for the dog and their ability, that is a much better situation.
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Wow, love the action shot. The light is perfect and the movement s captured wonderfully. Are they your greys?
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Thank you for that very nice critiqe.
No, it was from the last race of the season on the track near me, so Lord Wincent is the leader, the others I dont know the names of.
I got the black and white grey, and also since a month back a greyhound scotish deerhound-mix.
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Great capture!
What gear are you using on this shot?
Would love to know if what ive got might be worth heading to a track with.
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First off: Thank you for diggin' my shot and telling me!
I use a Nikon D300 with the old but close to superb Nikkor 400/3.5 AiS.
I stick those two on a tripod and wait for the moment. (Witch passes rather quickly).
Before I got the 400mm lens i tried with a 105mm macro lens. To me that is too short.
You want to get shutterspeeds around 1/800. I usualy go for no less than that. Normaly a step or two faster.
Main thing, plan the shot with how the light falls and how shadow works, and pray that the dogs go somewhere close to where you're aiming.
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Awesome, thanks for the advice
Ill just have to go and give it a shot with my Canon 70-200 f4L. It might just be long enough provided I can setup in a good spot.
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Yeah. I go by manual fokus, never did try the af.
If you go manual, pick a spot on the ground to fokus on and wait for the moment
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Thank you very very much.
Im rather pleased with how the light and dark really made this one happen.
Glad you like it. Thanks for noticing the focus too.
.T
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You're very welcome! You captured the scene perfectly.
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Thank you very much 
Quite happy with it.
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Glad you like it. I'll get a few more up later on.
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