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The warm weather has led us down the beach 2 out the 3 nights. Brooke loves it there charging around on the sand and water and jumping groynes. Got a few shots I liked but my daughter's throwing arm leaves much to be desired and I can't get Brooke into the water without a ball being thrown in. and that means I always have the ball in her mouth as she is coming toward me. If I have time I will head somewhere where I can stand on one side of a big pool and then I can get her chasing the ball and shooting her before she reaches it.

_SA10373 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
_SA10871 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
_SA10922 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
 
they look good. Interesting how she’s got her eyes on you in 2&3 rather than the ball or the jump area.
 
sphexx said:
they look good. Interesting how she’s got her eyes on you in 2&3 rather than the ball or the jump area.
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She hardly takes her eyes off me but I think this is just a matter of the camera getting her as she is following the ball after it has bounced and she is anticipating where it will be. Perhaps Dogs eyes have a different field of view and they are capable of tracking the ball even if it isn't in the centre of that view. Great question though and Brooke rarely misses a catch so she certainly has no issue with mouth, ball and eye co-ordination. I looked a few more and there are frames where the ball is to the right or left but her gaze appears to me on the camera. Those are the shots I look for as Black Labs desperately need light in the eyes to make compelling images imo. That wee bit of orange makes a huge difference.
 
wookie6262 said:
The warm weather has led us down the beach 2 out the 3 nights. Brooke loves it there charging around on the sand and water and jumping groynes. Got a few shots I liked but my daughter's throwing arm leaves much to be desired and I can't get Brooke into the water without a ball being thrown in. and that means I always have the ball in her mouth as she is coming toward me. If I have time I will head somewhere where I can stand on one side of a big pool and then I can get her chasing the ball and shooting her before she reaches it.

_SA10373 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
_SA10871 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
_SA10922 by Simon Wootton, on Flickr
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Great shots. The second one is a cracker....
 
wookie6262 said:
She hardly takes her eyes off me but I think this is just a matter of the camera getting her as she is following the ball after it has bounced and she is anticipating where it will be. Perhaps Dogs eyes have a different field of view and they are capable of tracking the ball even if it isn't in the centre of that view. Great question though and Brooke rarely misses a catch so she certainly has no issue with mouth, ball and eye co-ordination. I looked a few more and there are frames where the ball is to the right or left but her gaze appears to me on the camera. Those are the shots I look for as Black Labs desperately need light in the eyes to make compelling images imo. That wee bit of orange makes a huge difference.
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Yes, OT but my previous terrier would look at my arm as I threw a ball and while I would throw in different directions trying to catch him out, he would set off before I threw but never made a mistake with the angle. I really don’t know quite how he did it since TD not obvious that it’s a skill a dog/wolf would need — he was a working terrier from a long line of same.

I would guess that Brooke is lookng at you but she knows where the ball is going.
 
sphexx said:
Yes, OT but my previous terrier would look at my arm as I threw a ball and while I would throw in different directions trying to catch him out, he would set off before I threw but never made a mistake with the angle. I really don’t know quite how he did it since TD not obvious that it’s a skill a dog/wolf would need — he was a working terrier from a long line of same.

I would guess that Brooke is lookng at you but she knows where the ball is going.
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Brooke is from generations of working Labs albeit she never made the cut. Perhaps working dogs have a little more ability when chasing targets
 
wookie6262 said:
Brooke is from generations of working Labs albeit she never made the cut. Perhaps working dogs have a little more ability when chasing targets
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Oh they do. This may be connected to the ball throwing. My terrier, who I had at 6 weeks old, when still very young was able to see/notice where I was looking and go there -- nearly with disastrous results since we were walking along a cliff-like railway cutting—- luckily on a lead.
 
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