NHL Action : Detroit vs. Nashville 1/29/2010

Exciting win for the Wings this past Friday down at the Joe who beat the Predators 4 - 2.

any comments ?

I looks pictures nubmer of 2 and 5 is really nice shot.

Do you work for the team? Or just got excellent seats?

#2 has good action, although I'm never a fan of croping out body parts. (Same on Kronwall's foot) I assume you just don't like cropping horizontally?

Williams looks more like he hurt himself again in #4

Nice shots. #2 and #6 are my favorites. You can really tell that Howard is bracing himself (as well as closing his eyes) for the save in #2, and I like the intensity in Kronwall's face.

Do you mind sharing what lens you were using? Unfortunately for me, my local NHL team doesn't even allow using cameras with detachable lenses... Although I'm not sure if it's enforced..

OK...how do you get such good exposure on the faces?...are you shooting through glass ? Maybe it is the different style helments, have trouble getting good faces on grandson's pee wee team .......must be exceptional lighting

Wow, exposure looks excellent on these. Great shots as well.

I can't believe they're not strobed. They really seem to POP!

Amazing. I would love for you to look through some of my shots on flickr and give me advice. Keep in mind that the mites stick together like a swarm of bees around the puck...

jf, those are some quality images!

Dave, I took a look at the 1st two pages on your flickr and they seem a bit under exposed. I'm not sure of your settings since I can't see EXIF data, but with the mites you can still freeze that action with a lower shutter like 1/200th or less - and keep that ISO at 1600 or higher. Your shots like this one: http://www.flickr.com …/22918854@N04/4​303130392/ are great - would be better with the whole stick (AND puck) in the frame, but regardless shots like that sell sell sell to the parents because they can see their kid's face!

Don't be afraid to blow out the ice no matter what it takes! A little motion blur never hurts when that face is in focus!

Here's a gallery I recently uploaded from a few weeks ago: http://libanophotos.sm​ugmug.com …472_cirXu#77249​5049_oNUJF

Thanks for the advice! I actually deleted a bunch because the ice was so blown out. I used spot metering and the exposure levels were all over the place. I think I need to think about exposure lock for the next game.

JustinL wrote in post #9530198
jf, those are some quality images!

Dave, I took a look at the 1st two pages on your flickr and they seem a bit under exposed. I'm not sure of your settings since I can't see EXIF data, but with the mites you can still freeze that action with a lower shutter like 1/200th or less - and keep that ISO at 1600 or higher. Your shots like this one: http://www.flickr.com …/22918854@N04/4​303130392/ are great - would be better with the whole stick (AND puck) in the frame, but regardless shots like that sell sell sell to the parents because they can see their kid's face!

Don't be afraid to blow out the ice no matter what it takes! A little motion blur never hurts when that face is in focus!

Here's a gallery I recently uploaded from a few weeks ago: http://libanophotos.sm​ugmug.com …472_cirXu#77249​5049_oNUJF

mckinleypics wrote in post #9529929
Amazing. I would love for you to look through some of my shots on flickr and give me advice. Keep in mind that the mites stick together like a swarm of bees around the puck...

BenJohnson wrote in post #9529909
Wow, exposure looks excellent on these. Great shots as well.

I can't believe they're not strobed. They really seem to POP!

Thanks guys !

Nice stuff...... Great game last night against the Sharks!!!!

TTurrill wrote in post #9531917
Nice stuff...... Great game last night against the Sharks!!!!

Thanks Tom, Didn't see the game those west coast games are hard to watch when that alarm goes off at 6am, At least they won, it was a well needed 2 points.

I know exactly what your talking about.... I get up at 3:30am for work.... Eyes were burning for a little time today!!!!