andyjonesphotography Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 I want to take shots of my daughter Figure Skating. I have a Nikon D70s. Will the 80-200 f2.8 do the job? If anyone has any tips for taking photos of Figure Skating and Ice Hockey, I'm all ears. Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.richardson Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 The 80-200 is ideal. As far as tips go, position yourself around the boards and either shoot through the Plexiglas or from the playerﾒs benches, if they're not in use. Use Aperture priority mode and set 2.8, this will get the fastest shutter speed and blur the background nicely. Also use Servo AF to track the subject; you may find by selecting the centre focusing point with practice you can control the focusing action better. Experiment with ISO settings, for figure skating if all the rinks lights are on you can get away with ISO 400, but for hockey I would use 800. The D70 has a clever exposure meter so donﾒt bother with any exposure compensation or bracketing. Finally donﾒt forget to fill the frame with the subject and always try to capture faces and expressions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdellnazgul Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Gary, What's a "clever" exposure meter and how does it keep from under exposing an all white ice rink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Steve, Nikon's Program mode is surprisingly capable of delivering accurate exposures in difficult lighting and contrast situations. For shooting on snow or ice dialing in +0.3 to +1 exposure compensation would be appropriate. I often prefer to manually meter and use one exposure setting for indoor events since lighting doesn't vary much, but in some situations the lighting can vary by as much as a full stop between the pools of light and shadow. In those cases using some form of autoexposure mode can produce a larger number of accurate exposures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdellnazgul Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 I agree Lex....therefore my question to Gary about not using exposure compensation. The final image, in my opinion, would look much better shot correctly rather than having to bring up the levels to get a proper exposure. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyjonesphotography Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Thanks for the help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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