Ya, there's a lot, but it's two games in one post.
Honestly, hardest hockey I have shot.
My camera was having issues focusing through the glass.
Mainly in bright sun while using my 300/2.8
Wehen you weren't shooting suicide, the reflections on the glass were impossible.
Thank god I had a gobo on my 70-200.
Anyways, here they are.
Enjoy and feel free to c+c
#27 probably would be my favorite if I had to pick one. Then again I liked to old school B&W pictures too. #8 has that back in the day look to it and for those that played or attended this event, that's how they'll remember it.
I liked the opening of the set of pictures with the pucks, I've tried to do that when I've had the chance but I was never fortunate enough to be behind the bench. Now that I've seen it, that will be one of my "goals" in the immediate future.
I liked how the player knocked the other guys block off in #3, great capture, nice timing and well done.
I could go on and on with these pictures, with the sun setting in #29 to the two dancing in #31. Since this is my first post, I'll stop now, nice work.
Rick,
What a beautiful set you have here. The exposures are beautiful and the focus is nice and crisp, just like it should be. Far too many nice shots to go into detail, but I will say I like how you almost have to pull a "Where's Waldo" on 26 to see the blade end of the guys broken stick. Nice work!
Billy-
BillyHurst wrote:
but I will say I like how you almost have to pull a "Where's Waldo" on 26 to see the blade end of the guys broken stick. Nice work!
Billy-
yeah, for me there are three things in hockey i always wanna catch.
1. sweet as glove/blocker save
2. huge stick flex
3. disintegration of a guys stick
Sweet sweet set RD. I'll go with some faves... 1, 6, 7, 9, 22, 27 and 29, although there isn't a bad one in the bunch. Really like some of the cool wide perspective shots you've got in there. Is it just me being tricked or did focus in #20 grab the board ad?
Anyway, wanted to ask you since you shot for a long period of time here - from the bits I caught on the tube, it looked like there were some massive hot and shadow spots going across the ice as the day wore on. Could you work manual exposure at all throughout the day or was it too up and down?
Dj, in #20 the focus may have been on the boards, it was the toughest part of the day (focusing that is). As for the camera settings, I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I shot a sporting event in manual (unless I am on strobes). There were so many hot/cold spots on the ice, and constantly moving because of the high stadium and low sun. If you look at #25?27 you can see half the ice surface is lit by the sun, this was half way through the second period. The if you scroll down to #29 you can see the sun was gone from the ice, this was only 5 minutes into the third.
Nice work!