Hockey at 400mm

2/1/2015

So this post is actually on last weeks game where the Bobcats faced the Brookings Blizzard, and I'll have a separate short one for this weeks game.

So last weekend I ended up using only my Nikon 200-400mm f/4 lens, and took photos from up above the bleachers. Surprisingly, the 200-400 felt a bit too long, even considering I was using my Full-Frame D4 from a good distance away. So for that game I focused a lot more on getting really tight shots. This one was probably my best shot of the entire game, a really good save by the Bobcat's Goalie.

D4 220mm f/4 1/1600 ISO 6400

D4 400mm f/4 1/1600 ISO 12800

Even though I had 400mm available to me, I found that I was shooting around 250-300 a lot, which was good that I had that, as when I was just using my 70-200 in previous games it was not long enough for shots like this. So even though it is massive and heavy I am glad that I brought it and will probably end up using it for future games.

D4 400mm f/4 1/1600 ISO 6400

Now where the 400mm was really useful was to shoot down all the way to the other end of the arena. I got a pretty good save here from the very opposite corner shooting pretty much parallel to the ice. Also apparently this is a very Goalie-centric post at this point.