Originally Posted by ve2vfd
It may be real basic, but make sure you bring something to ajust your white balance...
I made the mistake of forgetting about that last time I took pics in an arena and left it on auto white... woah what a nightmare those pics were!!!
The colour balance shifted wierdly from pic to pic... colours looked like a bad acid trip... That looked real odd with bright lights, white ice and white boards.
Pat
Yeah I shoot raw +jpeg most of the time as I have mucked up WB many a time. With the white ICE you are correct though something I will think about. Thanks Pat.
Originally Posted by SpecialK
And shoot RAW so you don't have to worry about WB, and have a bit more latitude in PP.
Thanks Specialk - one of the first lessons I learned
Originally Posted by Mechan1k
Ice Hockey is difficult .... there's a guy on our car forums that shoots ice hockey matches regularly ... and he still finds it a real challenge ... although not a Pentax user ... he is a good photog and shares his hints and tips ... will see what he says about his technique.
Thanks Simon any tips would be appreciated. And those pics you posted are awesome! It reinforces the "
I went to the fights and a hockey game broke out " view
I wonder were those shot through the glass, through a photographers hole in the glass, from above in the stands or over the boards where there is no glass. However they were shot I would be happy with those!
I did get a monopod yesterday (Thanks Roy !) so that should help somewhat with stability for Bigma Shots. I am planning to stay stationary for a series of shots (move as much as can for different views) . I will try center metering, manual pre focus, autofocus , panning and burst mode. I paln to use the Bigma , my 28-75 and possibly the 12-24 for some shots.
Surely in 3 periods I can squeeze off a few good shots haha. Also 'mom' will have her Laptop there so during intermissions we can download each periods shots and get a good idea of where I need to improve.
Thanks for all the tips and keep ‘em coming