[daacon]

Wow thanks for all the advice but I need more

I went to the rink last night - the lighting is not bad actually and I think I will be able to use the Bigma is the good news. The bad news is there is indeed glass all around the arena and the netting goes around the entire rink as well (save for the benches and penalty box). I tried a few through the netting and that will not work. The glass is pretty clean in places and some shots came out quite nice so that will be my only vantage point I think (find some clean , unmarked glass).

I tired a few panning shots but was unable to get the skater in focus. I did get the nice blur background on the boards. I am using center metering. I would focus on the player and then 'pan' however the player was not usually in focus (one or two were , but like in golf for me a great short iron shot is more luck than skill ) So what is the secret to panning? I will do some more searches - might not get another chance to get out to the rink before Saturday , oh well - good thing I am an amateur haha.

Really thanks for the replies