Hockey Fans!

[Anonymous]

We don't have an NHL team here in Indianapolis, but I think in some ways that's better. We've got the CHL Indy Ice, and over this past season I got to be buddies with the PR director and the team photographer. I got photographer passes to several games, and for the final game of the season even got to spend some time inside the penalty box during the game! Got tons of great shots, most of which I haven't even had time to work up yet. This one, though, is just about the best shot I've ever taken. It's called 'Anthem' and was taken during the national anthem before the last regular season game. Just because I already had the camera set up for the game (high shutter speed), it took the very dim arena (main lights were down for the anthem) and totally blacked out most of the background and crowd.

 

[Anonymous]

While I don't care for hockey in the slightest, I'll be the first to say that this picture is amazing...very moving for a still image.

I wish I could get 8x10's of some of the shots around here so I could frame them...

Peace,

Chip

 

[Jrsydevi1]

That pic is gorgeous, Sharky...

The contrast of the various vibrant colors against the large dark backdrop is really powerful and interesting... eye-candy of the highest order.. nice work.. and keep it coming, my friend..

I played hockey all my life.. and I know that Indy has a long and respected history in the sport... Only a matter of time till your market lands an NHL franchise, in my opinion.. Many players' path to the NHL have come by way of Indianapolis..

I myself am a Devils fan.. and I think we are going all the way this year... GO DEVILS!


-Devil

 

[Anonymous]

That pic is gorgeous, Sharky...

The contrast of the various vibrant colors against the large dark backdrop is really powerful and interesting... eye-candy of the highest order.. nice work.. and keep it coming, my friend..

I played hockey all my life.. and I know that Indy has a long and respected history in the sport... Only a matter of time till your market lands an NHL franchise, in my opinion.. Many players' path to the NHL have come by way of Indianapolis..

I myself am a Devils fan.. and I think we are going all the way this year... GO DEVILS!


-Devil

Thanks for the comments and complements, folks. I really didn't have much hope for this when I shot it, but when it came out on the monitor I was just staggered. hehe

I feel the same way about Indy and hockey--heck if raleigh-durham and columbus can get the media behind the sport enough to get the fans going nuts (and good gravy the fans for the canes and bj's are nuts), I would think Indy could pull off the same. Especially if we can finally get the colts to move away somewhere and get the pacers to stop being so anally overprotective of conseco fieldhouse (which is an NHL-calibre barn to be sure), we could draw a franchise. Maybe calgary...hmmmm. ;-)

Yeah, not many people know that gretzky actually played his rookie year in Indy!! It's hilarious, because at the Pepsi Col, it's actually the main auditorium on the state fairgrounds, so there are these banners for the such-and-such grand champion bull in 1967 or something, and then off in the corner is the banner for ol' number 99 with the old Indy Racers logo. :lol:

The Ice get about 8 or 9 games a season in Conseco fieldhouse, and it's really an amazing place. Being down on Ice-level and watching the players (from both teams) entering and leaving the ice, looking around at that state of the art facility, you can almost feel the awe and the hopes, because for many of them that's as close as they'll come to playing on an NHL rink. One of my goals for next season is to get a couple shots that catch that.