Hockey Tourney

digidronedigidrone Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
edited February 3, 2013 in Sports
The tourney season started last weekend.
Hope you enjoy

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I hate shootin thru chain-link....
Comments, Ideas welcome...
Thanks,
Royce

www.dannerphotography.smugmug.com

Comments

  • johngjohng Registered Users Posts: 1,658 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2013
    Royce,
    I think the type of post processing you did works well for a poster or other specialty product but not as a general photo processing. The biggest advice I could give is you can't really see any faces in these shots - the framing is very loose. Hockey isn't one of the sports I shoot. Here's a link to a post over at another forum you can get an idea about what I mean regarding framing. Either faces or unique action is filling the frame:
    http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1170883
  • digidronedigidrone Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2013
    Thanks John,
    I appreciate you taking the time.
    Thanks for the link and your insights. I have 4 or 5 weekends of hockey coming up to learn to make better images and this was very informative.
    Thanks,
    Royce

    www.dannerphotography.smugmug.com
  • ASkipASkip Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2013
    Hi,
    just to argue, and I don't shoot hockey, and being in California, have no idea what it's like to take pictures outside with ice, but I like the mystical light quality in your first two pictures. The goalie in the calm before the game is cool. (I assume that's what it is). The capture of the puck in the air on the last one, Excellent. That has to be hard. Pucks move pretty fast right? I have tried taking "indoor" lacrosse though chainlink. Quite irksome, I agree. Might want to straighten your horizons some, at least in the third pic. Hockey outdoors, looks like fun!
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  • digidronedigidrone Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2013
    Hi ASkip,
    Thanks for taking the time, I appreciate it a bunch!
    I am pleased you like my processing, not everyone is a fan...
    Hockey is fast and I have found myself watching instead of shootin....
    The first three images were shot using a flash for fill and the sun in the background. They draw big curtains across the rink to protect the ice...
    I think it makes for some great lighting effects!
    Thanks again for your input!
    Thanks,
    Royce

    www.dannerphotography.smugmug.com
  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2013
    I agree the dramatic processing works very well for a single special shot, but not for a whole series. Mind sharing your recipe?
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • Keller3778Keller3778 Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited February 3, 2013
    One quick hint I do is take a custom WB shot off the ice after they have been skating on it. The only issue is for a few minutes after the Zamboni makes ice it will be a little "off".
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