Atom "A" Hockey

Spent Christmas break shooting 4 different hockey tournaments. Here is a selection from an Atom "A" tournament (9-10 year olds). EXIF embedded. C&C appreciated. All with 50D and 70-200 f2.8L. Full set at www.cjscons.com/jdf

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Nice work Christian...

Good to see the youngsters skating with their heads up. Don Cherry would be proud!

Good shots, Chris. First is my fav... love the look and intensity!

Thanks guys! This was shot in our local Junior A team arena which has decent lighting and clean glass to shoot through. 1-5 and 7 were shot thru glass from position in corners of rink. 6 and 8 from penalty box over glass. The low position in corners was great for getting "heads up" shots as they came to net.

Great eyes in every shot. Nice framing. Great coloring, no yellow tint at all that one usually gets in a rink.

I was a bit surprised that the 50D showed that much noise at ISO 2500 (but that is such a nit pick). This are all superb.

Especially if you are shooting through rink glass.

Nice Work Christian! Good to see ya back in action!

Really nice!Impressive shots through the glass.

Looks great Christian.... Always fun to be able to get to the local arena and shoot some of the upcoming talent!!! Keep up the great work!!!

Magnificent! Please give me advice. Let me know your settings please. These were taken with a Rebel XS and a 70-200mm 2.8 IS from the running track way above the ice. Clearly I need to get lower and adjust my white balance. I recently bought a 7D too so that should help. You can see my pics here: http://www.flickr.com …4/sets/72157623​063333075/

McKinley:
7D should help, but you need to get lower and shoot tighter and then crop tighter in post processing. It looks like your rink is dark so I assume you will need high ISO (3200). I'd suggest starting in Manual mode with 1600 ISO and 1/400 shutter speed and with aperture at f2.8. Then adjust your ISO as needed (up) so that you are getting at least +1 stop over on your exposure (to allow for all the white ice). In dark rinks I find 1/400, ISO 3200 and f2.8 is bare minimum. Try not to let shutter speeds drop below 1/400 even for little tykes hockey. You may even give ISO 6400 a try if needed as 7D should handle that OK. You may also need to adjust photos in post processing..usually I have to boost exposure a touch plus some other tweaks.

As to shots here. most are 1/400, ISO 2500 and f2.8 or f3.2 with 50D and 70-200f2.8L.

Nice work.

cstewart wrote in post #9450116
McKinley:
7D should help, but you need to get lower and shoot tighter and then crop tighter in post processing. It looks like your rink is dark so I assume you will need high ISO (3200). I'd suggest starting in Manual mode with 1600 ISO and 1/400 shutter speed and with aperture at f2.8. Then adjust your ISO as needed (up) so that you are getting at least +1 stop over on your exposure (to allow for all the white ice). In dark rinks I find 1/400, ISO 3200 and f2.8 is bare minimum. Try not to let shutter speeds drop below 1/400 even for little tykes hockey. You may even give ISO 6400 a try if needed as 7D should handle that OK. You may also need to adjust photos in post processing..usually I have to boost exposure a touch plus some other tweaks.

As to shots here. most are 1/400, ISO 2500 and f2.8 or f3.2 with 50D and 70-200f2.8L.

Thanks a bunch!!! Can't wait to try it out!

Hey, Chris! Whatever happened to that 1DMk3 you were mulling over?

Nice work! Good action and perfect exposure, I like the ice nice and bright.

Brikwall wrote in post #9452076
Hey, Chris! Whatever happened to that 1DMk3 you were mulling over?

Still mulling...Mk III? Mk IV? Mk III? Mk IV? and so it goes. waiting to read a few more reviews and see more examples from Mk IV.