NHL hockey at the Shark Tank 2010-2011
I don’t post very often and I figured it was time for me to share a few frames that I’ve took over the past few months.
C&C welcomed and appreciated. I am not credentialed and I’m still trying to come up with meaningful and interesting compositions within the limitations set by the HP Pavilion (where the San Jose Sharks play). Luckily, the HP Pavilion allow spectators to bring cameras with lenses less than six inches in length when fully extended. I would really want my 70-200mm or longer lens, but those are not legal. I’ve seen some people sneak them in, but I strictly following the six inch rule.
1. The one and only Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils
2. The young and so very talented Drew Doughty, gold medalist of the LA Kings
3. The Bulin Wall, Nikolai Khabibulin of the Edmonton Oilers
4. Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks scoring on Khabibulin
5. The $100-million dollar man: Ilya Kovalchuk, New Jersey Devils
6. Goal! It was a good night for the boys in Teal against the Caps! Well, boys in black and teal for the night.
7. James Reimer of the Maple Leafs. He has Don Cherry and Ron MacLean on his lid!
8. James Reimer can also do the splits in his pads (no goal)
9. Ovie! Alex Ovechkin. I want that flex when I’m shooting, but it only happens in my dreams.
10. Fish from above
11. Another Tilt and Shift attempt. I really think I need to buy the 90mm for the shot that I want to take.
12. Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabers. He’s probably the best US born goalie at the current moment and the US silver medalist
13. Dany Heatley of the San Jose Sharks scoring against the Canucks
14. Anze Kopitar of the LA Kings
15. Mike Komisarek of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Thanks for looking! Suggestions are welcomed!
C&C welcomed and appreciated. I am not credentialed and I’m still trying to come up with meaningful and interesting compositions within the limitations set by the HP Pavilion (where the San Jose Sharks play). Luckily, the HP Pavilion allow spectators to bring cameras with lenses less than six inches in length when fully extended. I would really want my 70-200mm or longer lens, but those are not legal. I’ve seen some people sneak them in, but I strictly following the six inch rule.
1. The one and only Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils
2. The young and so very talented Drew Doughty, gold medalist of the LA Kings
3. The Bulin Wall, Nikolai Khabibulin of the Edmonton Oilers
4. Logan Couture of the San Jose Sharks scoring on Khabibulin
5. The $100-million dollar man: Ilya Kovalchuk, New Jersey Devils
6. Goal! It was a good night for the boys in Teal against the Caps! Well, boys in black and teal for the night.
7. James Reimer of the Maple Leafs. He has Don Cherry and Ron MacLean on his lid!
8. James Reimer can also do the splits in his pads (no goal)
9. Ovie! Alex Ovechkin. I want that flex when I’m shooting, but it only happens in my dreams.
10. Fish from above
11. Another Tilt and Shift attempt. I really think I need to buy the 90mm for the shot that I want to take.
12. Ryan Miller, Buffalo Sabers. He’s probably the best US born goalie at the current moment and the US silver medalist
13. Dany Heatley of the San Jose Sharks scoring against the Canucks
14. Anze Kopitar of the LA Kings
15. Mike Komisarek of the Toronto Maple Leafs
Thanks for looking! Suggestions are welcomed!
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Maybe you should show them these great shots and explain how much better they would be if you could shoot rink side with the 70-200mm.
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Most impressed! You should be working for those teams as an official photographer.
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The Shark's have their photographer... You might have read about him here. Baldy commissioned him for one of smuggy's extra-special prints.
I only have two ways to get so close. I can buy really expensive tickets (if available) or I get there before the game starts and photograph the warm-ups.
As for the clarity and color, it's all about getting the correct exposure in camera. I currently shoot with the 1d, but I started with a 20d and have also used a 40d. My hit rate wasn't as high with those bodies, but I got some very good frames.
Thank you so much for your kind words. My close-up shots are during warmups, but I can't always get to the game that early. It usually depends on when I can get off of work and if I can charm my date into doing the same and eating dinner at the rink with me. The holes in the glass are usually in an area that's roped off.
I love the lighting at the pro arenas because they are usually lit for HD tv, but they only have those lights fully on during the pro games. I have also shot at the Shark Tank during the adult hockey games and the lights are mostly off and then it becomes worse than any adult rinks.
For those images, I mainly use a 135mm and then a 135mm with the 1.4x from my seats. I've also bought in my 8mm fish and the 24mm TS.
However, I tend to enter the rink with just the 135mm on with the 1.4x even though the combo gets me under the 6 inch rule. Early this season, two security people were waiting for me before the first period ended and came to my seat once the period ended. They wanted to check my gear again and confiscate it, but I always have a print out of the rules and my gear was within limit (even with the extender).
I have also considered buying the 70-300 DO because it's 3.9" when closed, but I can't justify spending $1k+ a lens just for the Shark Tank.
PS Thanks for taking me to the Devils game!
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Keep up the good work.
And I'll work on having better framing of the goalies!
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I joined the dSLR world in order to shoot hockey and was told that I had either had to buy a 135 or the 70-200. As a newb, they were extremely painful choices and I decided on the 135 because it was cheaper; it still stung the pocketbook. I will say that it's the sharpest lens that i own...
Thank you so much for the encouragement. I always use a custom white balance and my current gadget of choice is the spectrasnap by phoxle.
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Nice photos, very crisp (you would not know how bad the glass is at the tank with your photos).
Another suggestion is the Canon 200 2.8 lens (its under the 6 inch rule) and is really sharp and fast. An example at 2.8:
This was with a 40d which give this lens the field of view of a 320mm lens in 35mm terms (every little bit helps). Do not know if the lens is as sharp as the 135 but I am not complaining.
BTW: I think we met at one of the first SMUGMUG User group meetings.
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Rick
Ps , On your site , I see a pic Of Dion Phaneuf (TML) do you have any more of him? (He is my sons Fav. player and likes to collect Dion stuff)
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I might have more frames of Phaneuf, but I never finished them off.
April is lots of fun to shoot with, both hockey and other stuff. Definitely worth the shooting time.
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I managed to get the 70-300 in there once (they didn't ask me to fully extend it, and I had read an outdated copy of the rules). I have also brought the 85 1.2 and 135 in (I love borrowlenses!). As with you, I either get good shots early, or by spending a bunch for a seat less than 10 rows up... it adds up to a good piece of glass after a bit
I wish I could have sat down low for the playoffs
GWG:
Warrior of the playoffs:
Unfortunately I lost the original raws due to theft, or I'd fix the WB on that last shot...
I wish the Sharks were still playing in the playoffs. Keep on shooting because you got some nice moments.
Getting the lens though the blue coats (the nickname of the security guards since they were blue jackets) isn't the only problem if you try to bring a lens that's longer than the legal limit.
I once had security waiting for me at the end of the first period. They stood and watched me for the last ten minutes of a period and approached me the moment the period ended. They thought my gear was illegal and they wanted to confiscate my body + lens.
After another physical check of the camera, I informed them of the rules (always keep a copy in your bag) and proved to them that my lens was prime within legal limit; they finally let me keep my camera.