UMass Hockey....a quicky

winger

I know some people like it when I post, I didnt have much time to go through them, but here are my two favorites from last night.


If you look carefully you can see the puck just above is glove. A great shot of a defender using all means to clear the puck out of the zone on a penalty kill.



I am getting sooooo much better at getting the hits now!!!!!:D

Ok one more

You ever take a shot, then 5 minutes later you realised what you could of done to make it better.......the ball was spinning, but I had the shutter on so fast for the game.....had I taken this photo at a slower shutter speed I could of got some great motion on the spinning basketball....or well. At least the little girl is cute.

ian408

Thank you!

Nice catch of the hit as well. The referee looks like he might have gotten
hit or at least afraid he was going to

Ian

Andy

Photoshop Shape Blur to the rescue:

Duplicate Layer>Filter>Blur>Shape Blur
Add Layer Mask, drop black paint on the whole layer
Use eraser brush around the ball.

This was only 20 seconds, can do much better with original file and a couple of minutes. I would feather the strokes much more around the ball to make it more realistic.



Hi Winger

Steve Cavigliano

Very nice Karen

Great "check" shot. I agree, you are getting really good at "hit" shots. Like most sports, I guess it just a matter of getting you timing down. Seems like you've mastered it for hockey

I also really like the little girl pic and I hear ya about speed. I'm always so worried about "freezing" action, I miss opportunities for some kewl motion/blur effects. I think a spinning ball with her sharply in focus would be an excellent shot


Nice try Andy, but unlike your windmill in motion shot, this one looks photochopped....lol

Steve