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Canon EOS Rebel XS f/2.8 @110mm , 1/500s, ISO 400</p>

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Canon EOS Rebel XS, F/ 2.8, 1/640, ISO 400</p>

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<p>I love your pics. Tom Z is a great guy....after seeing the music video I did for another guy...he had asked me to do one for him after the season ended and had me send it to him in Toronto then put it on Youtube. All the photos were mine from throughout the year. The video were from another friend. <a href=" Feel free to check it out. Being a Bomber fan...you might also know Mike Looby. He's a friend of mine...cause I actually met him while he still played for you guys before we got him. He's actually worked with me on my inline hockey skills. Yesterday he was one of the guys at the Atlanta Thrashers' Prospect Camp... so I went and did some shots for him in the Thrashers wear. (The lighting in there is terrible....long florescent uncovered bulbs that project a lot of random reds on one side of the ice and greenish blue on the other. I had a photographer (non-sports) friend there with me helping me find settings to combat this through the glass. We weren't able to go custom white balance with the ice, the wall, signs or a WB cap. So we had to go with auto and edit afterwards...Had to use higher ISO than I like and lower shutter than I wanted. Grrrr. But after editing, some were salvageable.</p><div></div>

<p>They also practice at a facility 2 miles from my house..but I can only shoot there in off-season because during the season I'm a full time teacher which keeps me busy during their practice times. I'm gonna be shooting some ice hockey pics there tonight for one of the guys on my inline hockey team so we'll see how it goes on the Thrashers practice facility (i shot a camp there and I know the glass is terrible to shoot through...dont know if I can get on the bench this time). <br>

Meanwhile I've been trying to find as many chances to practice with this lens in the offseason as possible so I've been going to some minor league baseball games and all to work on finding the right settings and focusing from far away. </p><div></div>

<p>I fully anticipate being able to shoot in manual inside now too...but my last lens and main lens until last week was only f/4-5.6...... That was the main reason I got the 2.8.....I'm just trying to save a whole season of guess and check with my new lens....I'm hoping to find some ice hockey games in the area to practice with until hockey season starts back in October....There are only a few leagues down here in the South. <br>

I typically do pan with the shots....with this being a bigger lens I went ahead and got a monopod that works standing and gets small enough to work sitting....I'm hoping the ball pivot will allow me to still have the flexibility to move the camera easily and quickly to follow action. </p><div></div>

<p>I think I was using either AV/or P that time...because with that lens I couldn't use manual mode without it being dark or fuzzy. With the new lens I've been able to use manual outside...but haven't gotten the chance to use it inside anywhere yet. I'm on the booster club....so the photos mainly get used for the player's scrapbooks that they take home...or to post online so their friends & families in Canada can kinda watch them play. Or they get used in a player's music video/slideshow.</p><div></div>

<p>I haven't gotten to use this lens yet because our ECHL season is over (we are ECHL affiliate for Atl Thrashers and Chi Blackhawks)....and it came in right after I did the photography for a week-long hockey camp run by some of my friends on the team. <br>

-I have shot from the hole in the glass before...but I don't like to be there long because I miss soo much action on the rest of the ice. I like to roam throughout the game...my favorite spot is first row on the balcony in the center on the same side as the player benches.... I like this spot because I can avoid glass and net....and have a pretty clear view free of hands/heads/ and those darn foam fingers.... and being on the side with the bench allows me to catch facial expressions during goal celebrations. (not sure if that distance will work as well without the 300mm lens)...<br>

I could only attach that one picture...but I'm doing well at anticipating action and knowing where the emotion will be. I'm hoping the upgrade in my lens (and I got the monopod) will help the shots come through clearer. I have even taken advantage of ice hockey off season by playing in an adult inline hockey league (a little afraid of ice skating)...so I'm hoping this experience will add a new dimension to my understanding of the sport....Guess it can't hurt.</p><div></div>

<p>In the last year or so I have gotten pretty serious about my sports photography hobby ( mainly ice hockey). I had been using a Canon Rebel XS with a Tamron 75-300mm f/4-5.6. Because of the lens and lighting issues with ice hockey (having enough light/ fast enough shutter to freeze puck/ without bumping up ISO to ‘crazy noise land’) I had to spend a lot of time editing. Recently (during off-season) I have upgraded my lens to the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS USM. Seeing as though I gave up 100m in my range to get the f/2.8 would it be better for me to shoot at the end of this lens’ range (around 200mm) and crop it a little or shoot farther away (around 140mm) and crop the shot more?? Which will produce the clearer shot with the best lighting in an ice hockey arena??? Please feel free to suggest settings for ISO/ F-stop/ shutter and whatnot (-8 </p>

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