Photo of the Day

by **northern cajun** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:31 pm

DGFavor wrote:
Just grab the focus ring at any time for instant manual override. Use the "M/A" position of the M/A - M focus mode selector on the lens.

Yup, that's the way my buddies D90's work I think. Personally I don't like it as well as the button system my Sony uses as I tend to continue holding the lens barrel/zooming as I'm firing and want to be sure the thing is autofocusing. With the Nikon system, I think I'd futz it up continuing to manually override the autofocus hanging onto the lens. More intuitive for me to release my thumb from the override button and continue working the lens but like anything, you adapt to using what you got!

Good thing its Digital and I can just trash the bad ones. I agree Doug, I will take a ton of bad shots learning to get this method down but it doesn't cost extra money and it will be worth it.

by **jersko** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:37 pm

yesterday

by **ultracarry** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:35 am

Jersko can you post the pedigree for that dog or email it? Looks very nice.

by **DGFavor** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:12 am

Cool shots! Spot is lookin' good!

Jersko can you post the pedigree for that dog or email it? Looks very nice.

He is a nice dog for sure! I keep trying to mix him up into my dog boxes then hand him back one of mine hoping he won't notice!!

by **SetterNut** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:47 pm

Wow you all are taking some awesome pictures.

This is Indy from yesterday. Wish we had more birds around here this year, they have been hard to come by. But he is getting there slowly. He turned 7 months old today.

by **mcclinj** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:10 pm

I thought this was a pretty good shot from Christmas day. It was taken in my wife's grandmother's backyard in Shreveport, LA. She's pointing something she shouldn't but the little kids got a kick out of it and I think it makes a nice pic...

by **Vaoutdoors42** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:39 am

by **Vaoutdoors42** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:48 am

by **SetterNut** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:11 pm

This is from the weekend. My 7 month old pup Indy pointing a pheasant, and my 3 year old setter Ace backing.

by **DGFavor** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:10 am

Yahh, that's cool!

Liked this one today - Trixie on hungarians:

Liked this landscape also:

by **edb** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:50 am

New pup at 12 weeks old. Nice to see natural talent.

by **Ditch__Parrot** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:11 am

Hello GDF, haven't been here for awhile. Thought I'd post the only halfway decent pic I snapped over the weekend.

by **campbellj21** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:08 pm

Squirt today at a preserve.

by **SetterNut** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:31 pm

This isn't the greatest picture, but it is Indy 's first bird that I shot and recovered over one of his points.
I missed several birds over him and lost a couple, but finaly the ice is broken. Dang near ran out of season

Indy is 7 months old, Ace is my 3 year old Chestnut standing behind Indy.

by **doco** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:05 pm

Just another day of roading in the Great White North. 8 degrees above and only 10 miles on the machine today. Could have been worse, I could have been working! Sorry about the longtail, the other side was full.

by **DGFavor** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:46 pm

Sweet shots fellars!! Always cool to catch the first bird on "film"!!

Doco yer supposed to put the broom tails at the back to cover yer tracks!!

Shot a couple pics today - 45 degrees, muddy as a mutha, fell 74 times...looking forward to doin' it again tomorrow:

Scoots on huns:

Casper, aka "C-Dawg":

Trixie on pallbearer duty:

by **doco** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:41 am

Beautiful Pic's DG. Sorry about the calling it a setter, it a long haired Dalmation. I should have put this pic up instead. :wink:

by **SetterNut** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:43 pm

DGFavor wrote:Sweet shots fellars!! Always cool to catch the first bird on "film"!!

Doco yer supposed to put the broom tails at the back to cover yer tracks!!

Shot a couple pics today - 45 degrees, muddy as a mutha, fell 74 times...looking forward to doin' it again tomorrow:

Scoots on huns:

Casper, aka "C-Dawg":

Trixie on pallbearer duty:

Your Pics are always awesome. They are so crisp and clear, as compared to my garbage. Supsect you have a real camera rather then my toy. Couldn't be my lack of skill with a camera :lol:

Keep them coming.

by **SetterNut** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:56 pm

Here are a few pics of the action with the dogs. That shooting was not the best

This is my buddy Brice, walking in on a single pointed by Ace my 3 yo

Ace pointed a covey down in the bottom of this draw

My 8 month old pup Indy came up behind, not sure if this was a back or a point.

I walked in.

The birds came up well down in the bottom to the right of the picture. And yes I flipping missed!

Thats the end of the season for me and the dogs.

by **hettmoe** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:31 am

by **wems2371** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:06 pm

A NP today. I don't doubt there was a bird there at some point. In the last week or two, we've seen a hen 3x out in the corn stubble field or in the fence row, when running the dogs off the ATV. The little cheapo point & shoot did me no favors, but since the ATV was slinging mud everywhere, it was probably the best choice.

by **birddog1968** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:35 pm

wems2371 wrote:A NP today. I don't doubt there was a bird there at some point. In the last week or two, we've seen a hen 3x out in the corn stubble field or in the fence row, when running the dogs off the ATV. The little cheapo point & shoot did me no favors, but since the ATV was slinging mud everywhere, it was probably the best choice.

Awesome Wems, dog looks great as does the photo.....Very nice !

by **doco** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:55 am

Just a few Pre Super Bowl Pics. Sorry for the size in a hurry to get out the door.

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by **ultracarry** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:59 am

I'll give Oscar a home.

by **SetterNut** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:52 pm

Took the boys out for a run today. Ace slammed into point running down this line. Indy's my pup came in and backed at about 50 yards, but cheated and moved up as I was going in to flush. Sorry about the quality, Its out of focuse on my cell phone

by **Angus** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:03 pm

Some great pics all.

Willie yesterday. Almost 8 months old.

by **SetterNut** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:16 pm

Angus
How much does Willie weight? My pup Indy is 8 months old too. Indy is about 37 pounds.
In those pictures Willie looks a little bigger, but it may be that he has a heavier coat.

by **Angus** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:25 pm

Steve,

Willie weighed 34.5 2 weeks ago. I would imagine he has gained a couple in the last couple weeks. I think the camera makes him look a little bigger than he is.

by **Garrison** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:35 pm

I think I may have to name my next pup Willie!

Nice looking pup.

by **Angus** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:43 pm

Garrison wrote:I think I may have to name my next pup Willie!

Nice looking pup.

Haha, thanks. My 3yo daughter named him. She calls him Mr. Willie now and it's starting to rub off on me to.

by **SetterNut** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:19 pm

Angus wrote:Steve,

Willie weighed 34.5 2 weeks ago. I would imagine he has gained a couple in the last couple weeks. I think the camera makes him look a little bigger than he is.

He is a nice looking pup. Did you get a chance to hunt him this past season. I got Indy out the last half of the season here. He did real well, even with a really low bird number year.

Good luck with him, and keep posting some pics of him as he fills out.

by **asc** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:38 pm

by **BigTub** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:27 pm

a stinky one!

by **bigdaddy** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:35 pm

Here's Fletcher roading off a gator for the first time on his first day in Alabama. The two liver and white dogs are my father-in-law's dogs. One of the, Jed, will run on Saturday on the Nat'l Am Free-for-all.

by **Sharon** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:26 pm

Vaoutdoors42 wrote:

What a great picture. Is it the same dog in your avatar?

by **Sharon** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:29 pm

DGFavor wrote:Sweet shots fellars!! Always cool to catch the first bird on "film"!!

Doco yer supposed to put the broom tails at the back to cover yer tracks!!

Shot a couple pics today - 45 degrees, muddy as a mutha, fell 74 times...looking forward to doin' it again tomorrow:

Trixie on pallbearer duty:

What a fine picture. Intense eye.

by **piper338** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:35 pm

Practice day... Deutscher Wachtelhunds

by **birddog1968** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:09 pm

by **rkappes** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:58 am

piper338 nice photos!

by **birddog1968** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:49 pm

by **wems2371** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:37 pm

Some super nice pics to look at on this thread!

These are just a few pics I snapped today. I had my camera out to get some pics of a rescue helicopter coming in nearby, but ended up getting distracted.

Brandi giving me the look of, "If you don't want to hunt, I'll go find my own fun without you."

I'm baaaaaack!

Roxi grew up as the only pointing dog for a few years, so I never got the opportunity to see her back. We seem to do very few backing drills in my NAVHDA chapter, probably because only the VC level requires it. The times she's hunted with Brandi or friend's dogs, the thick cover isn't very conducive to backing. And then there have been a few frustrating times where she downright rudely charged in.

So in sitting in the field, they were both gone for a bit, and I decided to get up and see what they were up to. On the other side of the hill, I found Brandi working the fenceline. She went on point several times, I think over a rabbit, and Roxi followed her up with 3 or 4 different backs. Some weren't so stylish, but I'll take what I can get, and it's good to see the instinct is there to work with.

A pic of my antique. Sammy the shelter lab mix will be 15, on her made up birthday in April. She was approximately 4 months old when we got her, and not a bad pheasant dog, despite having super bad trainers.

Brandi found the kiddie pool, even though I hadn't brought it down for the summer yet. There was just enough snow melt water in it to satisfy.

by **Angus** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:00 pm

Willie on some woodcock last week on our Farm. Had 6 points on 4 birds. 2 points were repeat birds. I was proud of him this day. He still will not hold point to allow me to flush. He tries to catch the bird when I get close, but that will correct over time with training. For 8 months old, he is doing fantastic in the field.

The old Farmstead.

This is the "long field". It is all but a mile long, the old farm house is over the hill just to the left of the pic.

And last, but not least. TRESPASSERS!!!

by **Elkhunter** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:47 pm

Sweet pics, love seeing pups getting it done on wild birds!

by **Sharon** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:21 pm

Nice pics. You've got some great grounds by the look of it too. thanks.

by **Angus** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:15 am

Willie with Tom Gingher from Knob Mountain. Tom is working Willie on launcher pigeons.

by **SCT** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:51 pm

Don't know if this will work, but this is my pup from Mike Branscum.

by **DonF** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:21 pm

Nice looking pup!

by **SCT** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:17 pm

Thanks Don, I really like her.

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