Hockey pic of the day

 

I took this shot last night of the game after my team's game at the Pasadena Ice Skating Center. The photo was taken with an iPhone and then processed with Instagram, my new fave app -- basically it provides a bunch of different filters to apply to otherwise crap photos to make them look vintage-like. 

In this case, I took a stab at using the "tilt shift" function, which provides a select use of focus to make a scene in a photo appear miniaturized. It kind of worked, but not completely. Still, I dig the photo.

I posted a similar one but with the goalie in view after the jump. There's also a few other iPhone Instagram and Hipstamatic photos on my Flickr page. 

Hockey pic of the day

Everyone always looks so serious playing. It's understandable. Hockey is a damn hard sport. Here's a nice reminder how much fun it is, too.

photo by sparky675, via SmugMug

--S.H.

Hockey pic of the day

Larry 9012, a photo by Kallik1 on Flickr.

Have you blocked a shot or intercepted a pass lately? Not by accident--by making an actual effort? Inexperienced skaters should take note of how much this player is using that outside edge.

The photo was taken of a kids game in Quebec. It's a great shot -- the photographer bumped his ISO to 3200 and used a shutter speed of 1/400th with a 500mm lens and aperture of f/4.5.

--S.H.

Hockey pic of the day

The Mask, a photo by R. A. Whittaker on Flickr.

Very artistic! I like it!

The photo was actually taken at a goalie camp in Ottawa that focuses on skills for netminders of all ability levels -- including older dudes with injury and flexibility issues. It's called -- and you have to admire the simplicity -- Ottawa Goalie.

Here's the camp's link for anyone who wants to decamp to the Great White North to learn a thing or two.

--S.H.

Hockey pic of the day

Pond Hockey in White Bear Lake, MN, a photo by scostello22 on Flickr.

Can you imagine having this in your backyard? No drive to the rink with the hockey bag? Sigh.

The photo was taken in 2008 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, which is outside the Twin Cities.

--S.H.

Hockey pic of the day

photo by Paul Lantz, via SmugMug

If this young player can puck handle and skate on his outside edges like this, why can't you? Why can't I? Wish I knew. The photo was taken in Moosonee, Ontario -- yep, that would be Canada.

--S.H.

Hockey pic of the day

parada, a photo by beatrizor on Flickr.

A nice closeup showing that hockey can be a game of inches and this goalie knows what he's doing. The photo was taken in Spain earlier this year.

--S.H.

Hockey pic of the day

Slapshot, a photo by zibbelljr on Flickr.

Cool shot from a Canadian Hockey League game -- the dude taking the shot plays for the
Saginaw Spirit. Check out the flex of that stick -- my stick feels like a telephone pole by comparison, although I am assuming there is some user error.

--S.H.

Hockey pic of the day

Photo by geezerhockey, via their SmugMug page 

A defensman in a geezer league game in Bethlehem, PA, tries to move a player right out the backdoor. See where the goalie is -- guarding the other post, meaning this O guy can't be allowed to enjoy this piece of real estate.

--S.H.