DIY Photography

Hacking Photography - one Picture at a time

  • News
  • Inspiration
  • Reviews
  • Tutorials
  • DIY
  • Gear
Search

Submit A Story

Lens falls on ice during Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Finals, players think it’s a puck and hit it away. Ouch!

Jun 2, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 15 Comments

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

hockey-lens-on-ice

Here is one thing you don’t want happening to you if you are covering the Hockey Stanley Cup Finals. One of the journalists covering the event dropped his lens onto the ice in the early stage of the game. I mean, forget the fact that this lens can easily cost a grand or two (anyone identifies the lens? hit us in the comments.); forget the fact that you are now one lens short for shooting the game; forget the fact that you placed a foreign object on the ice. Focus on what the poor guy must have felt when he saw his lens used as a puck for a few seconds until the players figured out what’s going on.

A puck moves very fast across the ice making hockey a very fast-paced game. So if a player mistakes a round black object lensy thing for a puck, I don’t blame him.

According to fansided, “Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist honestly believed that the lens was the puck until he played it and he realized that it didn’t quite move the way that a puck would. He immediately pointed it out to prevent what could have been a very interesting scenario for both teams“.

I am not really sure how the lens came off, but maybe it was hit by a puck, maybe it was not screwed on all the way and maybe it fell during a lens-change, or even fell from a pouch. Either way, this puts another argument in the corner of those who claim that”filters don’t protect lenses“.

Lastly, if indeed this was a lens change at fault, let me share this piece of advice on changing lenses.

P.S. This story kinda flashbacks into 2015 where a lens hood fell into the ice and was mistaken for a puck too.

FIND THIS INTERESTING? SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Flipboard
  • WhatsApp

Related posts:

360-Degree 26-Gigapixel Image from Stanley Cup Finals Includes Social Media Interaction Watch this hockey photographer’s lens hood fall onto the ice and get mistaken for a puck Some GoPros Now Capable Of Broadcasting High Definition Video For Live Television; NHL Jumps Aboard Rapper ‘Presto Flo’ Falls Into Harbor During A Photoshoot

Filed Under: news Tagged With: fail, nhl, Stanley Cup

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

« Couple “saved by selfie” in England’s Peak District National Park
Lighting Design the Easy Way – Secrets of the Inverse-Square Law of Light »

Submit A Story

Get our FREE Lighting Book

DIYP lighting book cover

* download requires newsletter signup
DIYPhotography

Recent Comments

Free Resources

Advanced lighting book

Recent Posts

  • Tokina announces shoe-mounted red dot finder for long telephoto lenses
  • Laowa announces the super wide FF 15mm f/2 Zero-D for Leica M
  • How I took challenging Aurora photos on a steep “platform” cliff at -20 °C
  • How I shot abstract light orbs with a 360 camera and camera rotation
  • Color theory, RAW files, and RAW developers

Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

Copyright © DIYPhotography 2006 - 2023 | About | Contact | Advertise | Write for DIYP | Full Disclosure | Privacy Policy