This is a photo I took at a Bruins and Islanders hockey game.

Nice photo indeed, I love how the image trails and streaking crowd background give that sense of motion. Was that purely the shot? Or did you get that in photoshop? In either event, it really sets up nice. Too bad it wasn't Mario!!:)

This a photo I took at a hockey game in New york this christmans.

It looks really good at first glance, but upon closer examination something seems strange. The player looks cut out and pasted. The halo of blur around the outside of the figure is too perfect and even, and it's not matched by the same type of blurring of hard lines on the shirt, face of the player.

 

It's a neat shot, but not 100% realistic looking.

Cool pic, but it must have been altered photoshop. It looks like the magnetic lasso tool didn't cooperate completely on the stick... regardless, a nice shot.

Its obvious that this image is a bad sample for digital manipulating. first the trails of the player must be in one side if u use slow synchro or normal flash for making the player stand still. Second the white halo around the legs make this a shame. You need to work on this harder by exploring some non-manipulated original shots.

Agreed. If you're going to mislead people by not telling them the photo is digitally altered, at least digitally alter it well so you don't look like a unethical fool.