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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fork" data-source="post: 169979" data-attributes="member: 10937">You don't need ISO 1250 on a sunny day to freeze motion.  And if you want both the dog and the handler in focus at 7 metres away, you need to close down your aperture.  Shooting from 7 metres away at f3.6 at 195mm gives you a depth of field of about 30cm, so unless the dog and handler stay a foot or less from each other at all times, one of them will be out of focus.  For shots like this from this distance, I would close my aperture down to somewhere between f/8-f/16 which will increase the area that will be in focus.Once you've closed down the aperture and sped up your shutter speed (to freeze the motion), then you can bump your ISO if the image is too dark.I would also go against some of the advice given about switching to auto white balance.  Because every splash is different, it will cause your white balance to be slightly different in every shot.  Set your white balance to the appropriate setting for the light conditions (daylight, cloudy, shade, etc.) and leave it there.  That way your shots will be more consistant.I would also set your metering mode to evaluative (called matrix or average on Nikons).  If you have it on spot or centre weighted, if you happen to be pointed at the white splash when you click the shutter, it could cause the camera to underexpose and vice versa if you're pointed at a shadow.Lastly, I would shoot in manual rather than the auto modes.  Get your settings right before the action starts and all your shots will be consistant.  You can make minor adjustments to your exposure if and when the light changes during the day.</blockquote>

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