hockey_242_img_0089.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by MattO:
This is a decent shot good action, but this is an area where I think the background fooled your metering as the subjects and especially the ball seem to be on the lightly overexposed side. I really had to search to find the ball. Maybe a touch heavy on the NN on this one as well.

hockey_192_img_0039.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by MattO:
This is a good tight shot not sure if its cropped or not, but you need to level your horizons. They are tough to do and remember. But you will get the hang of it. Its also a good shot for peak action, or close to it.

hockey_107_img_9953.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by MattO:
No real action, I cant tell if I'm waiting for the ball to get to her, or if the ball is one she just hit. I'd also crop some off the right side.

hockey_105_img_9951.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by MattO:
Timing is important, we are in between peak actions, one being the shot, the other being the save or goal. Work on timing and again try to get low to shoot. I still use a monopod, but its retracted as far as it will go, make sure when you can rotate to portrait and go tighter rather then crop a horizontal to go vertical.(nothing to do with this shot rather a random tip. :P)

hockey_015_img_9859_crop.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by MattO:
This crop is much better the problem is you shot and cropped pretty heavy from the original and you had another 125mm on your lens to go. Work on shooting tight to begin with, that will help with seperating your background and subject with bokeh. With the 100-400 its easy to do.

hockey_013_img_9857.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by MattO:
I think this is a good example of needing to get low, like I suggested in the thread, its also one I might not have taken being that there really isnt action, and the main subject is not really visible from the front. Although you do have some background seperation which helps, exif shows F7.1 F4 would have been plenty and got rid of some of that background. Colors and contrast are OK, but appear to have a bit too smooth skin, meaning backoff the filter, I usually take the defaults on NN and back it off to 6 or less, on low ISO shots.

hockey_210_img_0057.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by Bernard_Marx:
This series is really good! Which of your lenses did you use?

hockey_105_img_9951.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by one2one:
Between the legs? Nice capture of the slapshot or wristshot. Good all around shoot of your first field hockey match Bob.

hockey_242_img_0089.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by one2one:
Now this one's action is great. The intensity in the girl's eyes is awesome and really gives you the feeling of being in the action. Great shot.

hockey_192_img_0039.jpg
by bobonacus

Comment by one2one:
Another good capture showing action. Colours really pop. I would tilt the image so the horizontal goal post is level with the top of the pic. Ever since I noticed it I keep going back to it but that may be just me.