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gmen
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 04:39
First of all there was the small matter of a (hotly contested) football match...

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John Martin thought that his goal had won the game...

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...but then there was the tension of the penalty shoot-out.

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This is the penalty save that won the day for Grays...

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...and no-one can stop Ashley Bayes from celebrating!

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Somebody open the champagne...

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...and then a chance to kiss the Trophy!

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Croasdail
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 06:24
Praising your work is almost getting redundant - it just goes without saying your stuff is awsome. I love to see your work - sets the bar higher and makes me want to do that much better. Keep posting. I would love to follow you around for a day and just watch how you work. Cheers!
lost
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 08:31
Almost got excited, thought it was REAL football, hehe, that sport is for ladies. /ducks and waits for the hail of gunfire to cease

Great pictures. I cant wait for American Football to startup again.
Simon Harrison
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 11:45
Excellent shots. The drama, tension and excitement really comes through in the pictures.

Cheers,

Simon.
Sumoto
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 12:13
Almost got excited, thought it was REAL football, hehe, that sport is for ladies. /ducks and waits for the hail of gunfire to cease

Great pictures. I cant wait for American Football to startup again.


:lol: my thoughts exactly.

Cant wait for NFL

Great photostory!!!
BigDan
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 12:15
Beautiful shots and a brilliant game, I watched it on TV. Better game than the Cup final IMO.
See you next season, If we can get a team together.....too long a story to post.
FAO lost, at least the only padding is on their shins mate. ;-) One player had a tib and fib break in this game. It was painful just to watch. BTW any ideas how he is??
gmen
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 12:44
Beautiful shots and a brilliant game, I watched it on TV. Better game than the Cup final IMO.
See you next season, If we can get a team together.....too long a story to post.
FAO lost, at least the only padding is on their shins mate. ;-) One player had a tib and fib break in this game. It was painful just to watch. BTW any ideas how he is??
Thanks BigDan - glad you like the pics... and you must be referring to this tackle...

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It certainly made my eyes water...
boydE
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 13:18
how did you get the background to blur?
urvtecs2slo
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 13:28
beautiful shots. incredible. what lens do you shoot with?
tuggnet
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 13:45
It certainly made my eyes water...

I bet it did. Was the player sent off ?
lost
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 15:25
I know BigDan I used to be a Goalie. I miss playing soccer/futbol. But I still prefer to watch US Football.

boydE,

You get that effect by using a small aperature. Its called Bokeh and is why a lot of people move to SLRs over P&S. Check out the Stickies or Search Bokeh and you will get some good results.
rg-tom
24th of May 2005 (Tue), 22:43
wow Gavin never fail to impress with your footy shots! what lens was you using for them?

Cheers

Tom.
gmen
25th of May 2005 (Wed), 01:32
how did you get the background to blur?
As 'lost' said, I was using a 300mm lens (often with a 1.4x extender) for the action shots and shooting wide open (i.e. at f/2.8 or f/4) - this serves to throw the background out of focus - with the effect being increased as the subject matter gets closer to the camera (as in #4).
Ian_H
25th of May 2005 (Wed), 04:11
Great series of photos Gmen, gives the whole story, I can't help but think that the guy in photo number 2 is putting his head in the wrong place:rolleyes:


Cheers
Ian
PhotosGuy
25th of May 2005 (Wed), 09:15
Praising your work is almost getting redundant - it just goes without saying your stuff is awsome. Well, THAT'S an understatement! :D
gmen
25th of May 2005 (Wed), 10:15
Quote:
Praising your work is almost getting redundant - it just goes without saying your stuff is awsome.

Well, THAT'S an understatement!
*lol* I'm blushing here... lost for words for once in my life... I'm just pleased that my passion for sport (at all levels and of all kinds) comes through a bit in the images I take.

There are a few more pics from the Trophy Final here: http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/grays_hucknall/ if anyone is interested in seeing them.

Thanks again folks!
BigDan
25th of May 2005 (Wed), 11:02
It certainly made my eyes water...

yeah that's the one. Looks worse in the stills than on the tele.
awp
25th of May 2005 (Wed), 11:27
Iwish I had not looked at these shots! Now, I have to go burn mine. They are trash in comparison to yours. Guess I will have to work harder!
gmen
28th of May 2005 (Sat), 14:30
...and here's how the paper ran the pics... across a couple of pages...

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DwightMcCann
28th of May 2005 (Sat), 17:22
Utterly stunning! Fantastic work all around!
gmen
29th of May 2005 (Sun), 01:17
It certainly made my eyes water...

yeah that's the one. Looks worse in the stills than on the tele.
It all happened very fast - shows the benefit of keeping both eyes open when you're shooting - otherwise I might not have seen him come sliding in...