IIHF Under 17 Volume II

Here are a few action shots from the game. They aren't the best as they were taken six rows up and through the rather dirty glass. Had to use high iso to get them to turn out at all.

First picture is of Team Ontario player John McFarland (#18) shooting on German Goaltender Lukas Steinhanuer (#2). The shot went wide.

Second and third shots are of forward Sam Carrick (#22) outhussling the German defence.

Forth shot is of Jeff Skinner (#19) waiting for a cross ice pass.

Last shot is of Tyler Toffoli (16) checking Maik Blankart (5) to the boards. It was called a hit from behind and Blankart.

World U-17 Hockey Challenge

Here are a few photos I took from the 17 Under Challenge game between Canada and Germany on January 1st. The photos aren't the best. For these ones I was against the plexiglass as the German team practiced. Used a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 at ISO 1250-1600 and set the shutter speed to about 1/400 a second. Poor lighting conditions and the plexiglass made it a bit of a challenge. But it was nice to try something a bit different.

Pictured in the first and fourth photo is #3 defenceman Konrad Abeltshauser. In the second photo is the guy who I thought was the best German player, goatender Lukas Steinhanuer (#2). Also pictured is #15 forward David Elsner .

The Germans played hard and were competitive for the first period, but were eventually worn down and beaten 5-1 by Team Ontario

Gone to the birds

A few bird photos I have taken the last few days in between snow storms.

From the Wayback Machine, Vol III

More pictures by the old man. This time from a race at Atlantic Motorsport Park (Schubie!).

From the Wayback Machine, Vol II

Here are a few more from Bryar back in the day. All photos by Robert Hagar.

From the wayback machine

It's holiday time and I was looking through my parents old photo albums. In the 70s and early 80s my Dad was pretty into photography and used to photograph races in the Atlantic region for a magazine called CMA Atlantic Region Report (a magazine he was the editor for). It gave him credentials for AMA racing, and here are a few photos he took at Byrar Motorsports Park (Louden). Pictured are Pops Yoshimira (yes, *that* guy), Freddie Spencer (#8), Eddie Lawson (#21), and the opening lap of one of the races. The action shots were taken with a Yashica Camera and a 200mm lens.

I'll post a few more later...

Tatonka!

I really needed to get out of the house so I headed over to Elk Island Provincal park for a hike. I took the Hayburger trail and found myself around these guys.... Fortunately they were just as afraid of me as I was of them and they started to move off. They went up the trail so I had to turn around and try a different trail. Not the best pictures, but this is about as close as I dare come to a wild herd.