British Ice Hockey

[crawford]

Here are some more photos from the Edinburgh Capitals

Talk about getting in the goallies face
http://www.alancrawford.co.uk/images/_MG_3066.jpg

So nearly a goal no. 1
http://www.alancrawford.co.uk/images/_MG_2811.jpg

So nearly a goal no. 2
http://www.alancrawford.co.uk/images/_MG_2787.jpg

And finally, not the best quality picture but it does show a level of concentration of the goallie in a previous match.
http://www.alancrawford.co.uk/images/_MG_2060.jpg

C & C welcome, still got a long way to go with hockey, maybe next time i'll see if I can shoot through the glass.

Cheers

Alan

[bildeb0rg]

like the last one, full of anticipation.

[Alan Dye]

Well Done, Nice Captures!! The puck frozen in flight always improves the pic!!

[scott wiggins]

Alan,

Not bad at all given the light up there.

I've shot a couple of times at Edinburgh when the Blaze have been up. The light there isn't the best I know. I was going to shoot when Coventry were up in November but my lens took a puck in the mid week game (Ouch.)

Have you tried from the first row so you're just above the glass? That might also help you get a bit more light.

You'll have to come down to Coventry and say hi when the Caps are down.

What ISO were you using 800 or 1600?

Scott

[crawford]

Thanks guys

Scott,
Glad someone else knows how bad Murrayfield ice rink is. Sorry to hear about the lense (always a concern with hockey). I have been a bit lazy so far and sat in my normal seat (some 10 rows from the front) gives a good view at the Caps goallie in P1 and 3 as that is where most action takes place. As for ISO i've moved up to 3200 and started to run the images through Noise Ninja. IMHO I haven't quite got the best out of NN and the images start to look a bit plastic, always looking to improve.
I do have some photos from the Coventry double header weekend on my website http://www.alancrawford.co.uk/gallery_47883.html

Alan
If can do a bit of travelling then when I get down to Coventry I'll give you a call.

[scott wiggins]

You'll get much better results lower down the arena as the light is brighter, I've shot 1600 there no problem with a sigma lens so you should be able to do that if not a bit better with an L series.

Also Neat Image is better than Noise Ninja at higher ISO it doesn't make the image as soft.