Heads Up!

[DHMN69]

Despite the large number of hockey games I've seen.. when I'm looking through the camera, the following STILL makes me duck sometimes

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The narrow view through the viewfinder, even if I keep an eye open, still can be a bit startling ;) all 5 of us (only I had a camera) jumped on this one, including the goal judge when it smacked the glass right in front of us.

[Photo-John]

Nice! I would duck, too! Do they have camera ports in the glass where you shoot? I've always wondered how often cameras / photographers do get hit via those ports and what kind of damage it does.

[DHMN69]

Nope.. no camera ports at any area arenas.. not even the new $80 million Amsoil Arena in Duluth. We begged but they didn't do it. If there were camera cut-outs I wouldn't shoot through the glass usually, unless for special shots.

As for damage.. there was a guy last year who got pegged in the face.. a goaltender shot the puck off the glass, or intended to and made a hole in one instead.. took it to the face instead of the camera taking it

The story and Youtube video are here http://thestar.blogs.com/photoblog/2...lion-shot.html