EAT NADAC Trial

The first trial of the new year!

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The "Extreme Agility Team's" (aka - EAT's) January NADAC trial is well known for being the coldest trial of the year. Although it wasn't actually too bad this year, it was still pretty darn cold.

We had the usual 12 runs. Unfortunately, we only Q'd in 4. The good news is that those four were some of the best runs we have ever done. We are in the midst of trying new things (handling wise) that neither of us fully understand yet so either that or knocked bars were the cause of the NQ's. So far we both seem to like the change and when we get it right....we get it right.

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We tried a few of the bonus lines (there were a total of 4 at the trial), and we actually "got" one on Touch N go except for 2 missed contacts! She did super though.

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And.....*happy dance*....pictures!! Yay for new camera! The indoor arena at ARF (Argus Ranch Facility) is the worst place for taking photos, not to mention action photos! No outside light at all, dark walls and ground surface, and a few fluorescent lights wich are hardly enough for human eyes. I won't even go to all the dirt and grit that floats around in the air. It is dim, dark, and dirty. But I am super proud because my camera, with my little lens, did much better than I thought possible.

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I still have to work some more on getting everything set just right so I can have a higher percentage of good photos with the stupid fluorescent lights, but this was my first attempt in there with the 40D. All taken with my 85mm f/1.8 lens.
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More camera testing will go on next weekend at the RHR USDAA trial which is also at Argus Ranch......