This is my first image post here. Some Jr "B" hockey with the D600 and 70-200 2.8 VRII. I just switched over from Sony and I'm really enjoying the Nikon gear.
No problem Paul. I think they are a little under exposed as well. Cameras still new to me and I have a bad habit of under exposing because the Sony a77 I had couldn't handle anything over ISO 500 so part of my compensation was to under expose and try and play with it in LR. I have to admit I do like my hockey shots a little under exposed though.
I made the files larger as well, brightens them up a bit.
Yes you do see the puck going into the net in #1. It was a goal off of the goalies glove and fortunately for me it was my kid that scored
I think it might just be this site preference here to have the ice and board surround "paper white", when in reality it is not. As well, there is little to no noise in your web images which far surpass mine. (I shoot Junior B in a dungeon arena at 3200 ISO @ 1/400 sec tops at f/3 through glass.) As well, I thought your skin colours were more true to life and brighter than mine for sure.
Not a criticism of this site to point out a preference that is different from reality, I hope?
Thanks Terrat...sometimes it comes down to personal choice.
Shane,
Settings are different from rink to rink. I shoot in manual at A=2.8 to 4, S =1/500 and ISO runs 1600-2500. So far the rinks I've been shooting in are fairly well lit. I was using custom WB, but in my mind I was getting better results with AWB. Most of the rinks use the sodium vapor lights and they can be unpredictable from shot to shot. I don't know why, but that's been my experience. Lastly I do PP in LR4 and apply a little reduction.
Cappo....realizing you are a new member...I just want to point out that if someone gives you C&C on an image, it's not an accepted practice to make the adjustments to the images in your first post. The proper method would be to make the adjustment and repost them below the originals because many members here don't look at all of the responses plus they can do a comparison to the first ones....and as an example....if I didn't read your response that you made an adjustment making them larger and brighter.....my comments would have been they didn't look underexposed as Paul mentioned.
