Sleddog races

annnna8888

Hi all,
hopefully this forum is the right one for sleddog photos. There was a race a couple of weeks ago, and on a perfect winter day too. Everybody was enjoying it, particularly the dogs. They simply couldn't wait to start racing!







Then the races began:









What are you looking at??



Just a fun piccy with a fisheye and the dog's snout an inch from the lens:



More of my photos form this event can be found here.

Comments welcome!

Ana

gluwater

Wow! These look amazing Ana. The second and third are truely great. Good use of the backlighting in the second to capture the dogs breath. And look at those tongues flapping around in the 2nd and 3rd.

ivar

annnna8888 wrote:

Hi all,
hopefully this forum is the right one for sleddog photos. There was a race a couple of weeks ago, and on a perfect winter day too. Everybody was enjoying it, particularly the dogs. They simply couldn't wait to start racing!

Wow, those are great, Ana, I love them :ivar

bsvirginian

They are all great. I used to have a couple of Siberians. Photo 6. What do you suppose is on the 3rd dogs cheeks?:D BS

annnna8888 wrote:

Hi all,
hopefully this forum is the right one for sleddog photos. There was a race a couple of weeks ago, and on a perfect winter day too. Everybody was enjoying it, particularly the dogs. They simply couldn't wait to start racing!







Then the races began:









What are you looking at??



Just a fun piccy with a fisheye and the dog's snout an inch from the lens:



More of my photos form this event can be found here.

Comments welcome!

Ana

limey-g

Lovely shots under great sunny conditions.
Well done
Geoff

Ann McRae

Hi Ana
These are great! I've never seen sleds pulled by breeds other than Huskys or husky crosses! Boy those dogs have long tongues!

Beautiful shots, Ana. Thanks for sharing the.

ann

annnna8888

Thanks, Nick! I was amazed at their tongues too - they almost covered their eyes with them!

Ana

annnna8888

Thanks! Hehe, I know what it is, I just didn't want to freak people out. It's actually pretty harmless, apparently they do it all the time in the fervor of the race.

Ana

annnna8888

Thanks, Geoff!

Ana

annnna8888

Thanks, Ann! Oh yes, quite a few different breeds were seen at the race. All of them delighted to pull the sled.

Ana

bsvirginian

annnna8888 wrote:

Thanks! Hehe, I know what it is, I just didn't want to freak people out. It's actually pretty harmless, apparently they do it all the time in the fervor of the race.

Ana

Are you saying that they bite their tongues? BS

gus

bsvirginian wrote:

Are you saying that they bite their tongues? BS

Our farm dogs would often bite their tongues when they were excited & were hard at work mustering cattle.

They are some really really amazing action shots ana... really great to see the dogs expressions frozen like that.

Dogs get so excited with sport. Im usually a bit anti-animals for racing etc but with dogs i think they honestly do enjoy the race no matter what it is.

maczippy

Very very damn cool....

Lovely ....

Andrew

ian408

These are beauties!! I especially like the first "portrait".

Very nicely done. Thank you!

wxwax

Wonderful shots. The flying tongues are hilarious!

More!

annnna8888

Thanks to all who have commented on my photos and sorry for the late reply! I enjoyed taking these shots a lot, especially after seeing how much the dogs are enjoying the races. I admit I had some reservations before. But the dogs really put my concerns to rest. They love to race! Even if it means biting their tongues in the process.

Ana

Gale

All super images
Look at the tounges fly...wow:>)))

dbaker1221

fantastic series....great to look at well done

Phyxius

annnna8888 wrote:

Thanks! Hehe, I know what it is, I just didn't want to freak people out. It's actually pretty harmless, apparently they do it all the time in the fervor of the race.

Ana

Yup, just a bit of blood, you can see where he bit his tounge. It happens with horses quite often too.


Great pictures!! Love the blue eyes and that last pic with the fish eye is quite fun .

Harp

Great series
Awsome photos, being a dog lover all of them appeal to me. Very nice work

troutstreaming

Great Fun, Great Series!
I especially like the tongues flying - coming right at you perspective shots!

Andy

Dee

Great!
All of these are great photos! Thanks for posting. I always enjoy seeing your photos. Love the profile of the dog with his mouth open against the sky, and the one with the dog's nose almost on your lens!

CookieS

Im another one who has Never seen Pointers as a Sled dog, It must not have been TOO cold ,they have pretty short coats. Still looked like they all had a great time. Nice shots.

ian408

The Iditarod has started up in Alaska. If you go to their home page, you'll see the standings so far.

Ian

annnna8888

Again, thanks everybody who commented on this series! I'm overwhelmed as I never expected these photos to entice so much feedback.

Ana

Skippy

annnna8888 wrote:

Hi all,
hopefully this forum is the right one for sleddog photos. There was a race a couple of weeks ago, and on a perfect winter day too. Everybody was enjoying it, particularly the dogs. They simply couldn't wait to start racing!
Then the races began:
What are you looking at??
Just a fun piccy with a fisheye and the dog's snout an inch from the lens:
More of my photos form this event can be found here.
Comments welcome!
Ana

Excellent Ana Those dogs have beautiful eyes.
Love the second shot, man those dogs running sure have long tongues
They put all their might into pulling those sleds don't they.
Great series Ana ...... thanks for sharing......... Skippy
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annnna8888

Skippy wrote:

Excellent Ana Those dogs have beautiful eyes.
Love the second shot, man those dogs running sure have long tongues
They put all their might into pulling those sleds don't they.
Great series Ana ...... thanks for sharing......... Skippy
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Thanks, Skippy! It was a wonderful experience for me, both seeing the dogs in a new light and photographing an event I hadn't photographed before.

Ana