Running and playing greyhounds

jziegler

My wife and I have adopted two retired racing greyhounds in the last year, and this past Sunday I took advantage of the nice weather to take some pictures of them running (looking for shots for the last round of LPS). So, without further introduction, here are the shots that I liked best.
















The focus is soft on some of these, I know. I'm shooting with an ultrazoom P&S, the speed has a hard time keeping up with dogs running at probably around 30+ MPH.

There are some more pictures in this gallery

C&C are welcome. Thanks for looking.

borderbrae

jziegler wrote:

My wife and I have adopted two retired racing greyhounds in the last year, and this past Sunday I took advantage of the nice weather to take some pictures of them running (looking for shots for the last round of LPS). So, without further introduction, here are the shots that I liked best.


Great shots. I had a greyhound from the track back in the 90s, what a wonderful dog he was! I am so glad these two have a great home with you and your wife.

Jean
Canon Rebel XT, Sigma 28-300
www.borderbrae.smugmug.com

JenGrace

Adopted greyhounds are some of the sweetest dogs I've ever met. Good for you for giving them a great home. These shots show how hard they can be to pick up on "film."

Maestro

Good for you for adopting these regal hounds! Capturing quick action with a P&S is difficult. I think you handled it about as well as could be expected. My only little bit of advice would be to try make sure the shutter speed is as high as it can go. You may have already done that, but just in case....

jziegler

borderbrae wrote:

Great shots. I had a greyhound from the track back in the 90s, what a wonderful dog he was! I am so glad these two have a great home with you and your wife.

Jean
Canon Rebel XT, Sigma 28-300
www.borderbrae.smugmug.com

Thanks! They are wonderful dogs, and they do love their home. It's wonderful to get home and see their spinning tails.

jziegler

JenW wrote:

Adopted greyhounds are some of the sweetest dogs I've ever met. Good for you for giving them a great home. These shots show how hard they can be to pick up on "film."

I continue to be amazed at how wonderful they are. I wasn't a dog person, and after a horrible experience with a roomate's lab, swore that I'd never live with a dog again. Now I have two (and my wife kinda wants a third)... A life changing thing.

jziegler

Maestro wrote:

Good for you for adopting these regal hounds! Capturing quick action with a P&S is difficult. I think you handled it about as well as could be expected. My only little bit of advice would be to try make sure the shutter speed is as high as it can go. You may have already done that, but just in case....

Thanks. I was using a 3 shot burst mode to help out, but timing is somewhat of a guess. I probably could have gone for a bit faster of a shutter speed, but I didn't want too wide of an aperture to help keep a larger DOF. And pushing the camera past ISO400 isn't always great. Next time I'll go for the faster shutter speed and see if that helps.

MrAlexTheDog

congrats on your two adoptees! are they littermates?

i have had adopted ex-racing greyhounds since 1993. we have three girls currently...nikki:



sadie:



katie:



we fell in love with the breed, and can't see ourselves without at least one in our house.

jziegler

MrAlexTheDog wrote:

congrats on your two adoptees! are they littermates?

i have had adopted ex-racing greyhounds since 1993. we have three girls currently...

They aren't littermates, but they look similar enough that lots of people think that. They do have a shared ancestor or two if you go back far enough, but it's a name that's very common for the racing greyhounds. I'd have to look it up to remember though.

You have some lovely dogs there.

Awais Yaqub

Dangerous
Nice

jziegler

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Dangerous
Nice

Dangerous? They say that the only way that a greyhound will hurt a theif is if the theif trips over the sleeping dog. Sure they are big, but you'll have a hard time finding a sweeter breed of dog.