Re: Pond Hockey
- From: Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:49:02 -0800
At 07:28 AM 1/17/2007, you wrote:
Mark Bohrer wrote:
<snip>
PH-5 is what I've come to call a 'butt' shot - the subject is
leaving action that's already happened. I don't feel any tension
here either, and feel like I've missed the action implied by the
unsharp puck and red goal marker.
Perhaps you prefer http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/PH-8.htm ?
I like it much better! Still a little tight on the top, but overall
better composition. And I see Sherwood's still making hockey sticks...
<snip>
When I shot my first mountain bike race with a motorized Canon F1n
and manual-focus FD lenses many years ago, I prefocused on a
difficult point in the course where racers would jump, maneuver or crash.
Much easier to do, with bike races... for you know the route and
know where they will be. With hockey, you never know where the puck
will go. You might prefocus on a spot and watch an entire game with
not one shot. Thus, I tried to "follow focus" and fire when things
looked 'good'. Because the puck moves so fast, and human reaction
times are what they are, you end up with shots like PH-1.
You know players will try to score at close distances to the goal, so
some shots could be pre-focused there. Otherwise, I agree,
follow-focusing is the only strategy.
What happens when the pick gets shot into the snow around the rink?
How is play restarted?
Mark Bohrer
Wildlife Photography on the Urban Edge
www.mountain-and-desert.com
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