[Leica] Shooting a new sport

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

Hi Adam,

Congratulations on "seeing" the puck ............. and "stopping" it  
in 8480! Might I suggest a slower shutter speed to add a little  
movement, next time. The images look too frozen.

Have you tried 1/2" off the top and bottom?

Thanks for showing,
B.

On 22-jan-2006, at 2:56, Adam Bridge wrote:

> There's nothing more humbling than going to do action photography for
> a sport you don't know. Maybe it would be easy for something, say,
> curling whose pace is stately, but ice hockey, well blitzing is more
> like it.
>
> A friend is the general manager of a Junior B Tier 1 team in
> Sacramento, the Thunder. He invited us to come share his particular
> passion. Now my wife grew up in northern Minnesota so she knows the
> sport, and her oldest brother is a landed immigrant in Alberta and his
> kids played serious hockey (one now works in player development for
> the Carolina something-or-others Hurricanes maybe?) But for me the
> hockey I have seen in person is an Oakland Seals vs New York Rangers
> game back in the late 60s and a Hershey PA minor league game in the
> 80s. And during the Olympics of course but that's on TV.
>
> So being there, very close to the ice, gave me a new perspective. The
> light was not the greatest - florescent fixtures for the most part in
> star arrays over the ice. I had to work at ASA 1600 and looking at the
> images I think I should have been at 3200. The action happened between
> the ranges of my zoom lenses. The 70-200 was too long and the 24-70
> was a bit too short. I was wishing for that ever-favorite 50-150 zoom!
> <grin>
>
> So, all the details aside, here are the keepers:
>
> This is the best one I think:
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/20/_L3U8480-shrp.jpg>
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/20/_L3U8416-shrp.jpg>
>
> I like the checking action in this one:
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/20/_L3U8460-shrp.jpg>
>
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/01/20/_L3U8477-shrp.jpg>
>
>
> Now I'm sure there are hockey people rolling their eyes - so I'd like
> a bit of critique on maybe how to work this sport better.
>
> I definitely learned to keep the camera at my eye - watching with the
> other one - and trying to stay with the action - but it's so FAST and
> I can't anticipate the play like I can in other sports.
>
> Ah well, thanks for viewing and sharing your comments.
>
>
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