Tag: sports
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Top 5 Viewed Posts of 2015 : Great Balls of Fire with Doug Newstrom #3
In my year end series of the top 5 most viewed blog posts on this site, another older but goodie comes in at number 3. And the good news is : opening day of the 2016 season is just over 3 months away. Enjoy! Rob The final day of the All Star Break is today.…
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Good Luck with The Westernport Wall!
Today is the final day of the ninth annual SavageMan Triathlon at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland. This photo was taken a year ago at the 2014 SavageMan Triathlon during the Westernport Wall section of the race. (please see more photos and text below)
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Endurance -2014 SavageMan Triathlon in Deep Creek Lake and Westernport MD
Out of the hundreds of sporting events I have photographed none has required such a high level of endurance for competitors as the Westernport (MD) Wall segment of the SavageMan Triathlon based in Deep Creek Lake, MD. that I photographed earlier this month. Sticking with “The Wall” requires not only great levels of endurance but…
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Last Glimpse of Winter : Icicles
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The Football Prayer
Today I have pulled an image from my way back file from my newspaper days, a photo I shot at a high school football playoff game. See photo and more text below. I shot this while working for a local newspaper in Virginia much earlier in my career. It was taken during the closing seconds…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual Point of View – Savageman Triathlon
Next Saturday the annual Savageman Triathlon begins at Deep Creek Lake. I shot the event last year for the first time. One of my goals was to shoot from an unusual point of view to put the person looking this photo right in the cold lake water with the swimmers. Please see additional text below.
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Bikers in Motion in Garrett County
Every fall Garrett County is host to the SavagMan Triathlon. The race starts as a swim across beautiful Deep Creek Lake followed by bike race up some of the steepest hills you will ever see and concludes next to the lake with cross country style running race.
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Foreshadow Warming Up at PNC Park
PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is one of the best stadiums to watch a baseball game in. Last summer I finally got to a game at PNC and had a blast. We got to the park early so we would have some time to explore. Seeing the manner in which the Pittsburgh skyline…
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Great Balls of Fire with Doug Newstrom
The final day of the All Star Break is today. I thought it would be a good time to fill the baseball void with a sports portrait from my wayback file of Virginia high school pitching phenom Doug Newstrom. Doug Newstrom was the the ace of the pitching staff for the W.T. Woodson varsity baseball team…
I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine 