A little hockey & Cyclocross

[jorgemonkey]

I had myself a crazy weekend! Saturday I joined with a couple friends & played in an Ironman hockey tournament. 12 min games, no stoppages, 4 skaters + goalie & no subs. My team ended up in 2nd place in our division, and I broke my skate with 5 min left in the game, so it was fun skating with a broke skate frame. I also helped out the tourny by getting some promo shots for the next tourny. All shot with my D300 & 70-200 at around 6400 ISO 1/320th (ish) @ f2.8.

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So after getting home at about 1:30AM, I got a couple hours of sleep then Sunday morning drove out to the Cyclocross race I was asked to cover. It started off foggy & cold, turned to an oven in the afternoon, then cooled back down in the evening. Mostly shot with the D300 + 70-200 F2.8 and some with the D2h + 12-24 F4

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11. One of my favorites from the day


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[jacobovs]

I love tha last two shots. They really emote! I can feel their pain and determination. Nice job.

[skunkty14]

The last shot is awesome, really shows the pain that is 'cross.

[jorgemonkey]

Thanks!

The day was wierd since once the fog went away, it started getting REALLY dusty. It came to a point where in certain areas of the course I could only shoot the first few riders, since anyone after that was not really seen because of the dust.

[reidsprincess20028]

Those are excelent! I love the hockey shot!

[Old Timer]

Nice stuff Scott. The D2h is hard to beat if you have enough light. But woe to the photographer that tries to use it when the sun goes down.

[jorgemonkey]

Thats one of the reasons (well one of many) that I picked up the D300, I'm still amazed at how the roller hockey pics look noisewise. Though depending on the situation I love the noise of the D2h when I'm shooting at iso 800 or 1600 with it.