Thanks. It's mostly location I'm trying to figure out. On 1/13/11 6:09 PM, "David J Brooks" <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, living in hockey central i have shot a few games if not 1 more > than few for sure. > > I never used my Pentax gear, no fast long lenses at the time, but i > used my Nikon D2H and 70-200f2.8 VR or a few were done with the D200. > I set ISO at 1250, shutter at 1/125 to 1/250 if possible, and the > aperture was usually around 2.8 or 3.2 Most werre panned so there is a > small amount of motion blur but that can help. > I tried to be at +- 65 degrees or so from the net, a lot of puck > action and not as much movement to worry about. > Try and pick a player and follw him/her around in the finder. > Some rinks have media holes in the glass, if they do grab one. > > I used AWB in raw mode. > > Hope that helps. > > Here are three from my last shoot.: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7137809 > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7137801 > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7143725 > > Dave Brooks > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Elizabeth Masoner > <lizmaso...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Ok guys, >> >> Living in the deep south of the US (Alabama) I rarely get to photograph >> hockey games. Anyone have any tips for shooting location around the rink? >> It's a small arena and general admission so I'll be able to move around a >> bit. >> >> I've shot from over the glass in the past but thought I might try some shots >> from by the boards this go around. >> >> ~Liz >> >> http://lizmasoner.wordpress.com/ >> http://thornsnclaws.wordpress.com/ >> http://photography.about.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >> the directions. >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
