Shots from the Asheville Aces Hockey Game

blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
edited December 25, 2004 in Holy Macro
Taken with 70-200L f/4
f/4, ISO 800 at 200mm
320 shots, still have a 100 or so to go through.

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    well ya did good! clap.gif

    congrats on a fine job.

    i have a nephew playing pro hockey for the columbia (s.c.) team. i must get down there and shoot it one of these days :D
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    andy wrote:
    well ya did good! clap.gif

    congrats on a fine job.

    i have a nephew playing pro hockey for the columbia (s.c.) team. i must get down there and shoot it one of these days :D
    Thanks Andy for all your help. Now to sort through the last 100 or so and I'll be done :)
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited December 24, 2004
    Nice shots!

    The altercation in the corner is a good one as is #9.

    ian
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  • dkappdkapp Registered Users Posts: 985 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    Great series so far. I can't wait to see the rest.

    It looks like you had plenty of good lighting there to shoot at ISO 800 & still stop the action. What shutter speeds were you getting?

    Thanks,
    Dave
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    dkapp wrote:
    Great series so far. I can't wait to see the rest.

    It looks like you had plenty of good lighting there to shoot at ISO 800 & still stop the action. What shutter speeds were you getting?

    Thanks,
    Dave
    Shutter speed was at 1/125th
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 24, 2004
    These came out well ^5 Very nice for a first effort thumb.gif Are you happy with the results? I mean other than having to process 300+ shots?...lol

    I'm glad it all worked out for you,
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    These came out well ^5 Very nice for a first effort thumb.gif Are you happy with the results? I mean other than having to process 300+ shots?...lol

    I'm glad it all worked out for you,
    Steve
    I am very happy, I however do need to pick up a bigger zoom lens with the Av around 2. I've seen the Canon's, Sigma's and Tamrons, but they seem to be around the 200mm mark. Anything longer? The 200's seem to run about $1400+ so It may be awhile before I am able to pick another one up.
  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    Nicely done. I'll have to do the Austin Ice Bats this year now. A friend has season tickets, on the glass. Can I ask a favor? I see you post large jpgs to the forums. If you post smaller (i.e. narrower) photos then its easier to view. Too often the large photos make one scroll left and right to see the entire photo.

    And yea, fast teles are expensive! What work have you found you had to do the most in post with your hockey images? White balance? Exposure adjustment?
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 24, 2004
    jdsphotography wrote:
    I am very happy, I however do need to pick up a bigger zoom lens with the Av around 2. I've seen the Canon's, Sigma's and Tamrons, but they seem to be around the 200mm mark. Anything longer? The 200's seem to run about $1400+ so It may be awhile before I am able to pick another one up.
    Yep, a faster zoom would be nice for this venue. The F2.8's would have got you another stop of speed (1/250). That along with using ISO1600, would get you to 1/500, in this lighting. Just about perfect IMO thumb.gif

    The Sigma, doesn't have IS but it can be picked up for less than $700 (Delta Iternational, a superb dealer) and is very close image quality-wise to the Canon 70-200mm F2.8L IS ($1650, or so).

    If you want fast and longer, you will have to pay for it. The 300mm F2.8 IS runs about $3700 :eek1


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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    Yep, a faster zoom would be nice for this venue. The F2.8's would have got you another stop of speed (1/250). That along with using ISO1600, would get you to 1/500, in this lighting. Just about perfect IMO thumb.gif

    The Sigma, doesn't have IS but it can be picked up for less than $700 (Delta Iternational, a superb dealer) and is very close image quality-wise to the Canon 70-200mm F2.8L IS ($1650, or so).

    If you want fast and longer, you will have to pay for it. The 300mm F2.8 IS runs about $3700 :eek1


    Steve
    Yea I notice Canon has a 400mm f/2 prime at $6100 that would be awesome. Do you know which sigma it is for around the $700 mark? I have thought about picking up a 1.4x extender but it comes at a cost of 1 f/stop which would put my 70-200L at f/5 but with the 1.4x it would give me 280mm, plus then you factor in the 1.6 crop from the camera should net around the 400mm mark.

    As for the pictures, all I did was mess with the white balance and play with the curves to lighten it up abit.

    On a side note, the Director of Sales and Marketing seen the pictures tonight and wants to talk to me about becoming their team photgrapher. So wish me luck guys :)
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    jdsphotography wrote:
    On a side note, the Director of Sales and Marketing seen the pictures tonight and wants to talk to me about becoming their team photgrapher. So wish me luck guys :)
    Dood! clap.gif
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    fish wrote:
    Dood! clap.gif
    If I can only talk them into getting a Canon 400mm f/2, EOS 1D MKII, and a good monopod I'll be set :)
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    jdsphotography wrote:
    If I can only talk them into getting a Canon 400mm f/2, EOS 1D MKII, and a good monopod I'll be set :)
    you might want to start small...like a smugmug account :)

    Here's my coupon: ZhWlkhimCnkeI deal.gif
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    fish wrote:
    you might want to start small...like a smugmug account :)

    Here's my coupon: ZhWlkhimCnkeI deal.gif
    Already have one :)
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    jdsphotography wrote:
    Already have one :)
    but they don't. why use up your bandwidth?
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    fish wrote:
    but they don't. why use up your bandwidth?

    They have their own site, big server. No need for a smugmug account :)
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2004
    jdsphotography wrote:
    They have their own site, big server. No need for a smugmug account :)
    fine...go for the Canon 400mm f/2.8, EOS 1Ds MKII, and a good monopod. :D
    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 25, 2004
    jdsphotography wrote:
    Yea I notice Canon has a 400mm f/2 prime at $6100 that would be awesome. Do you know which sigma it is for around the $700 mark? I have thought about picking up a 1.4x extender but it comes at a cost of 1 f/stop which would put my 70-200L at f/5 but with the 1.4x it would give me 280mm, plus then you factor in the 1.6 crop from the camera should net around the 400mm mark.

    As for the pictures, all I did was mess with the white balance and play with the curves to lighten it up abit.

    On a side note, the Director of Sales and Marketing seen the pictures tonight and wants to talk to me about becoming their team photgrapher. So wish me luck guys :)
    Congrats on the possible team photographer position ^5 Sounds like a good way to get some low light action experience and make some $, while doing it mwink.gif Now if you can get them to cough up the bucks for the 400mm F2.8, you'll be in fat city rolleyes1.gif


    The Sigma I mentioned is the 70-200mm F2.8. Pretty much the same price as the Canon 70-200 F4L.

    http://www.deltainternational.com/store/Item_SGL70%2D200HC.htm


    I wouldn't recommend using an extender. You need more light, not less. Plus, 200mm (320FOV) has got to give you great rink coverage. Even at 200mm, on a 1.3X 1D (or 1D MKII), that's the lens I see pro's using to shoot at Professional hockey games.

    http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/14585799

    Good luck on the job interview :-)

    Steve
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited December 25, 2004
    jdsphotography wrote:
    If I can only talk them into getting a Canon 400mm f/2, EOS 1D MKII, and a good monopod I'll be set :)
    I think the 400 would be a bit much. The 70-200 2.8L IS USM would be
    just the ticket. The 1DmkII, now that would be good :)

    Ian
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  • blackwaterstudioblackwaterstudio Registered Users Posts: 779 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2004
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    Congrats on the possible team photographer position ^5 Sounds like a good way to get some low light action experience and make some $, while doing it mwink.gif Now if you can get them to cough up the bucks for the 400mm F2.8, you'll be in fat city rolleyes1.gif


    The Sigma I mentioned is the 70-200mm F2.8. Pretty much the same price as the Canon 70-200 F4L.

    http://www.deltainternational.com/store/Item_SGL70%2D200HC.htm


    I wouldn't recommend using an extender. You need more light, not less. Plus, 200mm (320FOV) has got to give you great rink coverage. Even at 200mm, on a 1.3X 1D (or 1D MKII), that's the lens I see pro's using to shoot at Professional hockey games.

    http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/14585799

    Good luck on the job interview :-)

    Steve
    Thanks for the luck Steve. I checked out the link to the Sigma, that might very well be the next lens purchase. I can wait to set down and talk about what they want, etc. It would be nice If I could talk them into a 1D MKII and I purchase the lens myself.
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