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A Border Collie that know how to use his paw to catch the disc in a Disc Dog competition

A Border Collie that know how to use his paw to catch the disc in a Disc Dog competition
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NIKON D4

Aperture f/2.8 ISO 160 Shutter 1/2500 Focal Length 1900/10

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Mar, 2016

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Awards

Zenith Award

Contest Finalist in Friendly Pets Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in We Love Animals Photo Contest

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Contest Finalist in Freshmen 2016 Photo Contest Vol 2

Spring Selection Award

Winner in Animals in action Photo Challenge

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Magnificent Capture

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Superb Composition

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Top Choice

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Outstanding Creativity

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Superior Skill

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All Star

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Genius

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Virtuoso

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Awesome action shot! well captured!

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thank you! :)

Love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reminds me of my pooch. Great capture.

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thank you! :)

Very well captured ! Congrats !

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thank you! :)

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Fantastic shot!

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Ultimate

Awesome capture!!...congratulations!!

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Amazing dog and capture! Congrats.

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thank you! :)

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That is amazing!

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thank you! :)

Platinum

Congrats on winning Animals in Action challenge! Fantastic shot!

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thank you Diane! :)))

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Thank you all for appreciations ! :)

Love how the dog seems to be looking at the camera with one eye while keeping the other on the frisbee!

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Dogs often look in the camera after the catch....they are fantastic animals :)))

Amazing shot, I love it, I used to have a energetic Border Collie !!

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thank you! :)

Excellent timing. Loved looking through all your photos.

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Awesome shot. I love it!!!

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Amazing work

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thank you! :)

Portrait of pure joy! The button stole my masterpiece award. ;(

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thank you! :) -but i don't understand why you are sad!?

Incredible shot!! Congratulations!!

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thank you!!!

Love this !

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thank you!!!

Incredible shots !! Kudos !!

Awesome. Great skill in getting this treasure.

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An Amazing shot!! Right Place- Right Time- Camera Ready= PERFECT!!!!

Fantastic shot

This picture is amazing! it seems the dog is throwing the freesbee. Spectaculare. Absolutely love it.

Fantastic shot!

So good! Amazing shot!

Great work. 5 stars

Wowow! Great capture!!!

Wow wonderful capture

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all-time favorite ,absolutely amazing shot

Fantastic shot !

What a magnificent action shot.

OMG what a lovely shot!!!!!!!!

Platinum

Perfect timing, excellent sharpness while blurring the background. Really nice.

Sign this Pooch. NFL ready!

perfect timing Sir ...

Wow....

Wonderful!

cool shot! love it

Fantastic shot. I love the expression on this dogs face. Well Done.

Awesome shot.

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Amazing!

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This photo just makes me smile. Great job.

This is actual brilliance!

Nice shot! ????????

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Wow, that is an absolutely fantastic action capture. I love the depth of field and the colours. The expression on the dog's face is priceless as well. This capture is telling me to kit the follow up on your profile

Cracking shot. Very well done.

Insanely great photo

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That certainly is the look of enjoyment on that Pooch... Great capture!

What a catch!

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Hahaha.....love this!!!! Wonderful capture!!! Congrats on being a contest finalist!!!!!!
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Awesome action shot!! I love your portfolio.

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Wow! Incredible shot!

Awesome

Fantastic timing

Fantastic shot

Wow!

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Great shot

STUNNING ACTION SHOT!

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Love, love, love this photo! I totally enjoyed browsing through all of your photos again. Amazing shots of amazing dogs.

WOW,,,,,,,,, totally an AWESOME, ,,,,,, capture! !!!! Bravo! !!

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Awesome timing for this magnificent shot !!! Amazing !

Fantastic shot!

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That is brilliant!

“Hang time!”

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Hahaha so good

one of the best pictures ive ever seen

These puppies are unbelievable would love to see them perform live congratulations unbelievable pictures

Great action, sharp, cute as hell, and captivating! The animal contest was just impossible with all the great shots. This is a winner shot.

impressively captured chapeau

Crazy and amazing pose... Well executed.. Good pic

I love you gallery, amazing pictures, very creative and love dogs.

Beautiful shot

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Behind The Lens

Location

I taked this photo last year during the Skyhoundz Italian Qualifier competition in Piverone (Italy) (it's a Disc dog competition)...i love shooting "dogs in action"....it's my mission :)

Time

During the competition you can't choose the time...so you have to do it under the sun of midday too. This photo is taked at 12:01 at midday.

Lighting

I generally look a for a nice different point of view during training or competition sessions because i think that a photo is not only a freeze but it's a little story that can tell us what the dog has just done and what the dog is going to do.....let us to think about the next seconds :) The light is terrible during the midday but i generally try to find a position where i can take advantage of the some background bokeh....and this is possible if the light pass throw the leaves in front of you or by side!

Equipment

I've used a Nikon D4 with a Nikkor 70-200mm f/2,8 without any tripods or flash.

Inspiration

The dogs always inspire me! I think that dogs in action are fantastic to discover...and in this case the dog athlete skills inspired me to take a different shot. If you take a good feeling with them you will be able to take their essence! This is a dog of a competitor that i love for his skills!

Editing

Yes, i use Photoshop to post-processing all my raw files...in this case i balanced colors in LAB space mode to have more rich colors (green and orange). I improved the sharpness of the image and i saved shadow and highlights (white) on dogs because the sun at midday is terrible on black adn white dogs....the risk is to burn white or lost black tones :)

In my camera bag

The gear i always bring with me is composed by a Nikon D4, a Nikon D700, a Nikkor 300mm 2,8, a Nikkor 70-200mm 2,8, a Nikon 105mm 2,8, a Sigma Art 50mm 1,4, a Sigma Art 35mm 1,4 and sometimes a Zeiss Otus 85mm 1,4...then i have some accessories like a Nikon TC-20e III, a small tripod and a monopod, batteries, CF memories etc.

Feedback

My advices are: always lying on the grass, when possible put the light in front/side of you to have a nice bokeh of background, never stop try, use a telephoto with a big aperture, shutter speed higher then 1/1000s, do a lot of practise to be able to track the dogs eyes correctly and focused well. Be concentrated during the shooting thinking only about you behind the viewfinder and the dog....don't think about people around you :)

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Using Paw

A Border Collie that know how to use his paw to catch the disc in a Disc Dog competition

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Using Paw

A Border Collie that know how to use his paw to catch the disc in a Disc Dog competition

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Awards

Emotions

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Submitted to Photo Contests

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Location

Time

Lighting

Equipment

Inspiration

Editing

In my camera bag

Feedback

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