Indoor Field Hockey

[mike mac]

Shot an indoor field hockey game today let me tell you this place was dark as a dungeon.
Shot ISO 1600 @ 2.8 with the 70-200VR om a monopod the fastest shutter speed I could muster was 1/180s.
I ran these through Neat Image plug in as part of PP work flow.
I was approached by several parents wanting to know if I sell the prints, I told them I would let them know after checking my results. Here are a few of todays shots.
Can you say ouch!

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Battling for the ball
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Reachign for the ball
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Striking the ball
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[PhotoDawg]

Oooooooo.....the dreaded red X. I think I will rename the dreaded red X to...................the dreaded red PBASE X. That is a real problem that needs to be addressed!! :x :x :x :x :x :x

 

[Gale]

Dawgy,
This time they all showed for me.. Go figure.

Cheers
Gale

 

[Gale]

Mike ,

Good shots.

If you PSCS you can run them through shadow/highlights and bring them right up.

Cheers
Gale

 

[Gale]

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Gale

 

[PhotoDawg]

Good shots. Brightening the picture looks great!! Thanks for sharing these shots!!

 

[Flew]

Mike,

Excellent action shots. I just can't believe that they aren't wearing face masks. Look like a good way to loose teeth.... :?

Regards,

Frank

 

[mike mac]

Mike ,

Good shots.

If you PSCS you can run them through shadow/highlights and bring them right up.

Cheers
Gale

Gale thanks will give that a whilr this place is so dark cant get high enough shutter to stop the action

 

[mike mac]

Mike,

Excellent action shots. I just can't believe that they aren't wearing face masks. Look like a good way to loose teeth.... :?

Regards,

Frank

Frank
the rules keep the ball on the ground they where these over sized mouthgaurds, it was so hard to get a decent shot it was so dark in there and at ISO1600 I got 180's so the shots are dark but any +Ev would make the shutter speed even lower

 

[NeilCam]

Nice shots Mike, although I agree they could use a bit of PS work to brighten 'em up a bit. I played field hockey as a kid. It was fun and as you say the rules pretty much leave faces undamaged - which was a good thing as I was ugly enough to start with.

Neil

 

[greyflash]

Good action shots Mike. Low light situations certainly do make things difficult don't they. I think the parents would be happy to buy these and I see you have used one of my favorite lenses the 70-200mm VR.