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 p.1 #16 · 7D Ice Hockey (Girls U14) | |
Mike1.6 wrote:
Nice work Mark. I've just started shooting a few hockey games with the 7D and I have a question about your technique. Are you panning and using hi speed shutter or are you going for one shot at a time.
Frankly I've been failing using the panning technique that works so well for me with swimming and I've been meaning to ask someone who has shot this sport for a while what techniques they use to freeze the action acceptably.
Mike, I typically pan with the puck-carrier, holding down the back-button to maintain AI Servo focus, then I'll fire a short burst when my instincts say it's time. I often do this with both eyes open to try and keep track of what else is happening in the vicinity.
The ISO6400 game was at 1/320, and even that might have been slightly underexposed. I don't like going that low because I do lose shots to motion blur, but I didn't have much choice. I rarely have enough light to get above 1/400 or 1/500.
I think I've only shot three games with the 7D, so still fine-tuning the settings. I've been using center point with expansion, AI Servo tracking sensitivity set at the middle setting (C.FnIII-1), C.FnIII-2 set to zero (AF priority, tracking priority), C.FnIII-3 set to 1 (continuous AF track). That last one should prevent the camera AF from switching to something closer that enters the frame, like a ref or another player.
As I get familiar with a team, I'll know what players are always around the puck (and therefore often subjects of my shots), and which ones are rarely around the puck so I have to make a concerted effort to photograph them. My last photo is an example; that girl seems to rarely carry the puck, so I took that somewhat boring pose just to add some shots of her.
Goalies on my daughter's team don't see much action either. We've only given up 2 goals in league play, so it's a challenge to photograph them - they don't see many shots.
Mark
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