I've shot hockey. If you take a meter reading off the ice, you'll
grossly underexpose. Find something neutral that is getting as much
light as the ice (like a grey or greens shirt for example) and
spotmeter on that. Or if you can get to the ice, take a reading with an
incident meter. I've found that a 200mm lens is good if you can get
fairly close to the ice, but I've also shot with a 400 and monoped from
further up in the stands. If you can get on the ice during a practice
session, you could get some nice tight stuff with a 135. Part of the
problem is the glass that extends around the rink to keep the puck in.
On a lot of amateur rinks its scratched up plexi. Finding a place to
shoot through it or over it can be a problem. I once had an opportunity
to shoot from the penalty box. That worked out well.
On Nov 25, 2004, at 7:42 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend at work(in our print department)has asked me to
take some shots of his
young
lad playing hockey so that he can put a collage together for his wife
as a Christmas
present. I have no
problem doing this as he has done a ton of favours for me at work.
I know my camera and the istD can do present WB for unusual
situations, like this. Any
one have
experience at hockey. Do i set the preset from the ice or the general
lighting from what
may be over
head. I'll be shooting Jpg and Raw,but i still dont have anything
worthy of working with
Raw yet,nor
does our print department. May try Elements 3 or just buy the dam
Nikon Capture for
$150.00.:-)
Dave
