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p.1 #1 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Hey Fellas,

Long time 'lurker', first time poster here.

Here are a few shots from an exhibition game held at my University between Sweden's U20 National team (the one that will be playing in this years IIHF Junior World Championships, to be hosted in Saskatoon & Regina, Dec. 26th to Jan. 5th)

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1. This is a pic of Swedish forward Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson taking a shot in warm-up. He was the #10 overall pick in 2009 by the Edmonton Oilers.

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2. Sweden defenseman Mattias Ekholm making his way off the ice after receiving a pretty nasty body check. Ekholm was drafted #102 overall by Nashville Predators in 2009.

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3. Sweden defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson shoots around Carleton Ravens forward Derek Wells. Ekman-Larsson was drafted #6 overall by Phoenix Coyotes in 2009.

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4. Swedish forward Jacob Josefson carries the puck up ice. Josefson was drafted #20 overall by New Jersey Devils in 2009.

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5. Lastly Swedish defenseman David Rundblad delivers a crushing body check to a Carlton Ravens player. Rundblad was drafted #20 overall by New Jersey Devils in 2009.

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The rest of the gallery can be seen here http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/10202545_cuX4d/1/#702957247_c4c4K-A-LB for those who are interested. There are a few more pics there of Adam Larsson (who is being rumored to be the next Victor Hedman, so far Larsson is right on par with Hedman's development and stats.)

Thanks in advance for any comments and for checking out my photos.

Cheers,
Greg

Nov 10, 2009 at 12:39 AM

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p.1 #2 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

#4 is my favorite. Nice action & expressive look on both players. My only comment would be the white balance. Looks off.

Nov 10, 2009 at 06:20 AM

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p.1 #3 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Thanks Ian.

I should have prefaced this gallery with a bit of information. All of these were shot through the glass and the rink throws a blue-green light on everything. On my Mac at home these pictures looked slightly cold, but now that I'm on a school comp. they look WAY worse. I will have to do some adjusting once I get home again.

I've been struggling a bit to nail the WB at this rink, lighting is pretty good for a Uni. barn (I usually shoot iso 1600, F4, 1/500, 2/3 overexposed) so there really is no reason I shouldn't have the whites spot on. Typically I custom WB off an Expodisc but even still the shots come out very cold/blue/green.

Nov 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM

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p.1 #4 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Woah... playing hockey in an aquarium here!

#4 and #5 are good shots, but your WB is completely green. Did you set a custom WB? Watch the horizons in #5.

You know, your IQ is pretty decent here if you fix the WB... hope you don't mind:

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WB Tweak:

I personally would crop out the half-player on the right entirely, and get #5 straightened and you've got two winners there.

Nov 10, 2009 at 03:32 PM

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p.1 #5 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Wow, I'm not sure how the OP doesn't see a WB problem. Good work DJ, there are some keepers here, but serious WB issues need to be fixed.

-Paul

Nov 10, 2009 at 05:18 PM

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p.1 #6 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

I've been struggling a bit to nail the WB at this rink, lighting is pretty good for a Uni. barn (I usually shoot iso 1600, F4, 1/500, 2/3 overexposed) so there really is no reason I shouldn't have the whites spot on. Typically I custom WB off an Expodisc but even still the shots come out very cold/blue/green.

I'm wondering if you're not using the Expodisc properlly. When using an Expodisc, make sure you're pointing your lens at the lights ource. In your case, through the glass up at the lights in the ceiling. A little tip. Make sure the exposdisc exposure is in the middle of the histogram, for bang on WB's. I use Expodisc exclusively (for now) it it works charms if done right.

Also, you can try this, I just bought the Datacolor SpyderCube (http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-cb-spydercube.php) You would place this on the other side of the glass and take pictures of it to come up with a custom WB. Once you know your WB in Kelvin, you should be able to manually dial it in to test.

I'll post my results when I perform the same test at my rink, over the next few days.

-Paul

Nov 10, 2009 at 05:23 PM

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p.1 #7 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Thanks for the tips guys, I appreciate the responses.

DJ, no worries about the fix on that photo. I appreciate the advise alot actually, I've kept an eye on your hockey posts for awhile and now always keep in mind to push the over-exposures to get the players faces right and not worry about the ice.

I actually mucked with the colors of the original photos quite a bit and they look decent on my MBP's screen, so I have a feeling I know the culprit here (along with a bit of user error im sure). May have to re-calibrate my color profile for the Mac.

Paul, thanks for the pointers on the expodisc, I will double check next game to make sure that my exposure is in the middle of the histo. and not pushed out to either side.

Nov 10, 2009 at 07:45 PM

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p.1 #8 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Hey man, it's pretty cool you got to shoot this. I got to shoot Mattias Ekholm over the summer in Nashville for the Predators prospect camp...thanks for posting

Nov 12, 2009 at 02:41 AM

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p.1 #9 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

No problem Wes.

It was really just pure luck, I shoot the majority of the sports at my Uni. and the moment I heard that the Swedish kids were going to be playing our varsity team I jumped on it.

Figure if I keep working hard I will be able to shoot in some of the pro barns, one day

Actually last year our girls team played a game at Scotiabank Place where the Senators play and I got to shoot out of cutouts, which was pretty fun and different.

Nov 12, 2009 at 02:53 AM

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p.1 #10 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Yeah those cutouts are pretty tricky sometimes, I ALWAYS get a good frame with the cutout halfway in it, therefore ruining the shot. oh well. 9 days out of 10 I would rather shoot these international teams than NHL or any other league for that matter.

Nov 12, 2009 at 03:57 AM

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p.1 #11 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

dj dunzie wrote:
...Watch the horizons in #5.

I bet the Carleton player also thought the horizons were crooked!

Great shots of very good players. #4 is far and away my favourite.

Nov 13, 2009 at 03:48 AM

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p.1 #12 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

jabog6 wrote:
dj dunzie wrote:
...Watch the horizons in #5.

I bet the Carleton player also thought the horizons were crooked!

Good point.

Nov 14, 2009 at 03:54 AM

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p.1 #13 · Team Sweden U20 National Team vs. Carleton Ravens

Ha! Agreed,

Yeah going into the game I knew that if the Carleton team tried to skate with the Swedes we were done for. I was impressed that they adapted to the physical play rather quickly (they have a number of returning players from last years jrs, which helps). About 1/2 way through the 1st the Carleton guys just eased off the pressure/physical play and that's when things started to shift in favor of the Swedes. It was awesome to shoot and a few of the SWE goals were absolute lazers. I'm really looking forward to the World Jr's again this year. I think they have some serious potential to take it this year. I was at the gold medal match last winter in Ottawa and it was pretty crazy.

Nov 14, 2009 at 04:07 AM


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