dog show

[keithd]

going to dog show weekend,it is the wifes hobby showing and ive done this before but outside but need help /advice on settings. its indoors,tungsten lights some shadow its a cattle market. Im using a 410 with 70-300 lense so how do i stop tails looking like ken dodds tickling stick and whites looking yellow please.

CHEERS

[geodar]

i would get there early, take a few practice shots and see how they turn out, adjust where needed.

i would also shoot in raw (if poss), change the w/b to tungsten setting (but may be too blue, hence shooting raw so w/b can be adjusted if needed).

use 'M' setting and practice shooting something/one moving to get the right shutter speed, may be too slow if you use other settings.

can you use flash? but you may be too far away to make a difference and you don't want to distract the dogs or owners of get red eye from the dogs.

increase the iso up to 400/500 to help with the shutter speed and light.

maybe use a monopod (if poss) and keep low (dogs height, if poss) that way you are not getting the standard punters shot of looking down onto the animals.

if all else fails revert to auto and do post production in software.

geoff