Well...today was my first day shooting Olympic hockey for Team USA and it was a doozy. The USA women dominated the Chinese team with a final score of 12 to 1. This gave me ample opportunities to shoot images of them scoring and celebrating. Gotta love that!
For most of the shots, I used a pre-production of the new 70-200 lens from Canon, but for the really wide shots right on the glass, I used the Sigma 15mm fish eye lens. I have never used a fish eye lens for hockey but thought that it would make for a cool perspective (as long as the athletes were VERY close the glass. Those are my favorite shots from the day.
I was waiting for an opportunity like this one to use the fish eye lens. This Chinese player came right up to the glass to get a puck and I got lucky blasting off some frames to get this one. Not easy holding a 1D Mark IV in one hand and shooting with a 5D Mark II in the other.
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Wonderful photo's Jeff. How does it feel to be at a venue like the Olympics?
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