Recent SJ Sharks Game Photos

Went to the recent SJ Sharks Hockey game. these where shot with either a 85 f1.8 or 200 f2.8. Shot RAW with ISO between 800 and 1600. It really helps to shoot RAW as it gives you a fighting chance to get the colors right. Used AV mode with 2.8 ~ 4 and let the camera do the exposure.

On his way to scoring a short-handed goal. The cycling of the lights had this massively yellow and I still need to get better at PS Color Correction

nice shots, at first I was like WTF how does he get in with his camera...then I scroll down....haha

Last time I went to a ducks came a guy with an xti was using a 28-300 and the user told him if he wanted to stay sitting he would NOT zoom it out lol

Good photos, maybe try photoshop

I changed my WB to Flourescent setting seemed to help quite a bit on the color of things took the yellow out. and like stated process in Photoshop.Number 2 looks good as far as WB is concerned.

Love the first shot! Got any shots of Burish's first career goal for the Hawks?

Im guessing these were through the glass?

Nice shots, and good job sneaking the gear in! I was turned away at Honda Center about a year ago, had to leave my XT and lenses in the car.

andrewhuxman wrote in post #4779461
I changed my WB to Flourescent setting seemed to help quite a bit on the color of things took the yellow out. and like stated process in Photoshop.Number 2 looks good as far as WB is concerned.

Thanks for the tip on using the Fluorescent conversion setting in ACR seemed to help get the ice right without messing up the other colors.

Regards
Rick

Rick:

Since reading a tip on one of these threads, I now take a custom white balance off "dirty" (ie skated on ice) before shooting a game. I find I now get very consistent colors on all my shots. Prior to doing this, there was one game I shot where every other shot was a different light color based on the light cycle of the moment! I have a thread on here called Pee Wee AAA - Game 2, which provides some examples of my latest game. They may be a tad overexposed on your monitor (my own PP problem) but the colors in each are consistent. Try the custom WB next game and see if that makes a difference.

cstewart wrote in post #4800804
Rick:

Since reading a tip on one of these threads, I now take a custom white balance off "dirty" (ie skated on ice) before shooting a game. I find I now get very consistent colors on all my shots. Prior to doing this, there was one game I shot where every other shot was a different light color based on the light cycle of the moment! I have a thread on here called Pee Wee AAA - Game 2, which provides some examples of my latest game. They may be a tad overexposed on your monitor (my own PP problem) but the colors in each are consistent. Try the custom WB next game and see if that makes a difference.

Thanks for the tip. The last time I tried white balancing the ice I got this (WARNING bad photo, no laughing):

Yikes! Something is not right there! It should work better than that. I've not had to do any color balancing since using custom WB. Not sure what camera you have but with my 40D I shoot a pic of the ice only, then use the menu commands to use the data from that shot as the CWB. Then select the "CWB" option with the dials/buttons on the top of camera. Works like a charm.