Fabian Brunstrum's Hat trick celebration

Hockey history immortilized, lol.

3rd time in NHL history a player making their NHL debut got a hat trick and i was there. Here is the shot, let me know what you think.

XTi with kit lens

I've tried to shoot at an Avalanche game before. I know how difficult it is. That's a great shot! Congrats on being there and seeing something so awesome!

mtnbikur wrote in post #6510128
I've tried to shoot at an Avalanche game before. I know how difficult it is. That's a great shot! Congrats on being there and seeing something so awesome!

This is the 2nd time trying to shoot hockey. It is the most difficult thing i've tried to do photography wise. When shooting direclty at the ice it's damn near impossible to get exposure settings.

I think i'm going to try and get rid of the yellow tint later this afternoon. I'll post up the results.

That sure must have been a great moment for the player!

Yes, hockey can be a tough sport to shoot, especially tough when you are this far away. While it is nice that you captured this shot, it is not immediately clear what it happening in it. It is too far away to tell that those are hats on the ice (I assume they are because of your description of the photo) and those are the ice staff/girls coming on the ice to pick them up. However if you just posted the shot without telling anyone that it was a "hat-trick" celebration, no one would be able to tell this.

As to the tint (white balance) those of us that commonly shoot a lot of hockey will use a custom white balance off of the ice. In this case, I suspect actually that all the red light from the scoreboards and marquee were reflecting a bit off the ice. This can easily be adjusted in post processing.

In future, if you can, get a bit closer and capture some of the action during the game.

Cheers!

Chris

cstewart wrote in post #6512488
That sure must have been a great moment for the player!

Yes, hockey can be a tough sport to shoot, especially tough when you are this far away. While it is nice that you captured this shot, it is not immediately clear what it happening in it. It is too far away to tell that those are hats on the ice (I assume they are because of your description of the photo) and those are the ice staff/girls coming on the ice to pick them up. However if you just posted the shot without telling anyone that it was a "hat-trick" celebration, no one would be able to tell this.

As to the tint (white balance) those of us that commonly shoot a lot of hockey will use a custom white balance off of the ice. In this case, I suspect actually that all the red light from the scoreboards and marquee were reflecting a bit off the ice. This can easily be adjusted in post processing.

In future, if you can, get a bit closer and capture some of the action during the game.

Cheers!

Chris

Thanks for the pointers and the well thought out reply.

Even without a description of the photo itself, i guess it is not readily apparent otherwise that the crowd is standing up/cheering despite the silohuettes in the front?

This any better?

I, personally, don't feel as -drawn- to the image now