Hockey Images

TonyL

Here are some images from a game I did recently.

ISO 1250, 1/500s f2.0 Olympus E-3.

May have to buy the 35-100mm lens I rented!

aktse

You did pretty well for hockey.

And this photo that you posted is best in therms of exposure, WB and composition

cadguru wrote:

Did you do any post processing?

For the other two photos, I would like to see a tighter crop.

TonyL

none.
no noise reduction, etc.
I plan on cropping the shots.
This was my first time ever trying this lens.
Hockey is hard to photograph....I rather be a goalie again facing a slapshot then battle WB, etc.

aktse

cadguru wrote:

none.
no noise reduction, etc.
I plan on cropping the shots.
This was my first time ever trying this lens.
Hockey is hard to photograph....I rather be a goalie again facing a slapshot then battle WB, etc.

The f/2 lens really helped you...

And hockey photography is not known to be easy. And WB, etc. isn't that difficult once you figure it out. I wrote my thoughts on hockey in this thread.

As as a goalie, you wouldn't have to worry about facing anything from me. I got four breakways last game, but flubbed all of them and the goalie knew that I couldn't shoot and told me so afterward (with a smile).

Shark

Nice shots
You got a couple nice shots here. I too shoot hockey and agree it is one of the hardest sports to photograph, but you did well.
Below is a link to another one of my sites. After the games I shoot, I upload the photos and sell to whoever is interested. The clarity isn't that good because of the amount of photos put on the site, but buyers get the idea.

http://pbs.lifepics.com/net/Pro/Default.aspx

My SmugMug site has my favorite shots that I took, and they are in good viewing condition.
Here is my SmugMug address:

http://pbs131.smugmug.com/

TonyL

too bad the local free paper is running them in B&W because they said there is too much noise in the images. Newspaper print?
I told him I completely disagree.