AHL Hockey - IceHogs vs Wild 11-21-14

Standard stuff here, a few from the bench, and a few from my normal roosting spots. Will be changing that up a bit in future games, after I catch up on posting my other games. As always, 1DX + 3002.8 mk2.


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5 is a great capture. perfect timing and super positioning by the goalie!


C&C? on these? best laugh ive had all week. thanks!

Images look great. Did you the rink's strobes?

Thanks guys. All shots were taken with natural light, no strobes. Last year we got new LED lighting and it made a huge difference. Shot at 1/1000, 3.2 2000 ISO.

Beautiful shots as always. Very well done.
Did you crop #'s 1 and/or 7 ? I would have preferred to have all of the skates included if possible.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful images. I'm a learning hockey photog and your work inspires me.

Darrell

Hey Darrell,

Thanks for the compliments on the photos. Yes, 1 and 7 were both cropped, but unfortunately, the skates were out of frame on those two images.

Image 1 was cropped on the sides. This shot was taken during warm-ups from the player bench, and since I am using the 300 there, everything is really tight. I would use the 70-200 for this, but our other photog shoots with me as well, and he uses the 70-200, so we use different lenses to mix up our shots for a better variety. For this one, I should have shot vertical for warm-ups, which I occasionally do, however I did not on this one.

Image 7 was the same, the back skates were just out of frame on this one and a little more was cropped from the right side. This is where having something like a 200-400 would be ideal so I could zoom out a bit more. Guess I just have to get better at shooting instead =)

Todd

Great shots. I have not been to a Wild game here in Des Moines yet, but they won't let me in with my "pro" gear when I have been to the arena. Kind of a shame since they let me into the triple A teams arena with no issue. I would rather shoot the Wild as they tend to have more exciting games.

Thanks for the compliments. The AHL is pretty strict about letting people in with gear to shoot the games. Typically, the venue will enforce the policy more than the league will, but the league will come down a bit harder on the venue if there are complaints to the league. If you have a media outlet you can contact or know of someone that can get you media credentialed, they will let you in. The AHL is a great league and you can certainly see the skill level difference from the AHL to the other leagues.

If you need a media contact for the Wild, let me know via PM and I can send his information over to you.

Do most AHL rinks have photo holes? I'm going to be covering a few AHL teams in the area and I'm praying for photo holes.

Really hard to say. The three here in the midwest do not have them, being Rockford, Milwaukee and Chicago. If you give me the names of the teams/arenas I can check with the league or the arena, or I can give you contacts at the arenas.

Beautiful pictures.