Shooting High School Hockey through the glass
Feb 15, 2017 15:55:58 #
I shoot amateur hockey at ice level through the glass. Understanding that the glass is marked up and you need to find a clear spot my question should I be putting the lens on the glass itself for better focus? It has a protective filter on it.
Feb 15, 2017 15:59:01 #
Feb 15, 2017 16:25:26 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
Moomoo48 wrote:
I shoot amateur hockey at ice level through the glass. Understanding that the glass is marked up and you need to find a clear spot my question should I be putting the lens on the glass itself for better focus? It has a protective filter on it.
Take the filter off and get a rubber lens hood you can press against the glass.
Feb 15, 2017 17:02:04 #
No need to do anything special. Be at ice level and as close to the glass as possible. (Further away and the photo becomes less sharp) Try to shoot with the Glass in the same "plane" as the lens to reduce distortion. (This photo shot with 70-200f2.8 wide open with 6D ...target was near center ice and I was standing behind the glass just left of the crease) . No issues with focus acquisiton even from the normally "poor for sports" AF system of the 6D :-)
Feb 16, 2017 10:00:50 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
romanticf16 wrote:
Take the filter off and get a rubber lens hood you can press against the glass.
that would have been my answer if romanticf16 hadn't used it first! Feb 16, 2017 11:18:49 #
crazydaddio wrote:
No need to do anything special. Be at ice level and as close to the glass as possible. (Further away and the photo becomes less sharp) Try to shoot with the Glass in the same "plane" as the lens to reduce distortion. (This photo shot with 70-200f2.8 wide open with 6D ...target was near center ice and I was standing behind the glass just left of the crease) . No issues with focus acquisiton even from the normally "poor for sports" AF system of the 6D :-)
Good tip thanks
Feb 16, 2017 11:19:42 #
mkaplan519 wrote:
On the glass will give you more contrast due to reflections. I do it all the time.
Terrific tip thank you
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