Ice Hockey in action

I took this shot at an Ice Hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Calgary Flames in Madison Square Gardens from the 'nose bleeds'. It was taken at a great distance using a really high ISO of 560 at 300mm with a shutter speed of 1/250 so as to capture the movement but this was at the cost of the light quality. In the end I got a dark photo with quite a bit of noise. I like the pose of the Hockey player so much I really wanted to do something with this shot. Anyway, here I have tried two different approaches when post producing this photo. One was to go with the extreme and play on the darkness and noise, the other was to try and resurrect this photo. I'm not sure which works better if at all. Would be great to get some feedback on this one...

New York, New York

So we made it to and from New York in one piece, the legs are suitably aching from all the walking but it was a great trip as only New York can be. Here is a 0.62 exposure time with a 1600 ISO and an f22 aperture, this was so as it would be slow enough to pick up as much movement in the traffic but also quick enough that I could do this handheld. I love the guy on the side walk who is in great contrast to the speeding traffic.

My Flickr Photostream

Ah tissue

I love the movement in this picture, it is almost like I have caught this man in action as he is about to sneeze.

This photo was taken in a wee building at the back of the Charity Shop in Blackrock. This place is a dream come true for anyone who likes taking photos of old rustic buildings and artifacts, especially the toilet, it is so cute and old worldly (its also freezing). A hidden gem. There are a few other lovely surprises behind this shop... tbc.

Apple Berry on my new Flickr page

So, I'm stuck in work as always, waiting for renders. (snore) So I thought I may as well do something 'fruitful' with my time. I recently started a flickr photostream. This is just so as I have a nice link to send to peeps with a nice easy slideshow of my work. One of my favourites so far, which I felt it would have a nice home here too, was this one, "Apple Berry". When my Dad saw it he though it was an apple. :)

Check it out here.