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gmen
20th of August 2005 (Sat), 15:21
A few shots from the opening round of this season's FA Challenge Cup competition:

The cup-tie atmosphere was electric as the main stand filled up...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg001.JPG

A bit of a goalmouth scramble...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg002.JPG

It always helps to get to know your opponent intimately...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg003.JPG

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg006.JPG

Heading the ball can be painful...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg008.JPG

Manning the wall can be painful as well...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg005.JPG

The visiting side put the game beyond doubt despite the 'best' efforts of the 'keeper...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg004.JPG

A bit of a crunch to finish...

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/eg007.JPG

---- Gavin
saggy9999
20th of August 2005 (Sat), 16:09
some nice crisp clear shots there gavin
with the 300 2.8 I take it
I need a lottery win to get one of those babys
Dave_G
20th of August 2005 (Sat), 17:24
excellent!

the wall one is...amusing!!
sniperleow
21st of August 2005 (Sun), 11:28
WOW..Amazing shots!
DwightMcCann
21st of August 2005 (Sun), 16:07
So, are the fans separated by gender? It is easy to see the excitement and involvement they have. As for the play images, they are a ballet ... utterly breathtaking with their Jete's and Grand Mal Plies! :-) Wonderful, wonderful.
gmen
21st of August 2005 (Sun), 16:21
So, are the fans separated by gender? It is easy to see the excitement and involvement they have. As for the play images, they are a ballet ... utterly breathtaking with their Jete's and Grand Mal Plies! :-) Wonderful, wonderful.These guys are not well known for their balletic abilities :lol:

However, just for you Dwight, you may be 'interested' to see that image #7 is in fact of a 'goal' :rolleyes: ...
DwightMcCann
21st of August 2005 (Sun), 16:25
Hehehe! I wondered what that fishnet was doing in your images! I guess #2 has a suggestion of the end field, too, but it's hard to notice with all those guys clogged up there!
gmen
21st of August 2005 (Sun), 16:33
Hehehe! I wondered what that fishnet was doing in your images!So when are you shooting the ring-girls again? :D
DwightMcCann
21st of August 2005 (Sun), 16:44
Any time I can! :-) But the next ShoBox isn't until late October, sigh. Right now I am sitting on my images from Al Green at the casino from Thursday night as I started eleven eBay auctions yesterday to get rid of my Nikon stuff and the questions have been time consuming ... but I've sold almost $3K with about another $1K I hope ... username is Wildthings-Dad! :-)
skade
21st of August 2005 (Sun), 17:12
They are really great shots! Some awesome facial expressions as well! LOL
gmen
22nd of August 2005 (Mon), 13:32
They are really great shots! Some awesome facial expressions as well! LOLThanks skade... it was a hotly contested game - everyone takes the FA Cup seriously!

---- Gavin
gmen
25th of August 2005 (Thu), 02:09
I started eleven eBay auctions yesterday to get rid of my Nikon stuff and the questions have been time consuming ... but I've sold almost $3K with about another $1K I hope ... username is Wildthings-Dad! :-)Crikey, bye, bye Nikon :lol: ... will you be investing some of your auction revenue in a WFT-E1 jobbie?
DwightMcCann
25th of August 2005 (Thu), 07:58
Auctions are going well. Truth to tell money is not the issue for doing WiFi, Gavin, it is time, of which I don't have nearly enough. Shot a low level country singer last night and before I could sneak off the wife of one of the owners was begging me to take over their website ... which is horrible ... and I don't have time enough for my current customers. But, since I shoot there for my Nashville To You buddy I am somewhat obligated, sigh. So, I would guess I may be giving myself a 500mm f4, new laptop and WiFi for Christmas at the earliest. Woe is me!
QUASIPHOTO
25th of August 2005 (Thu), 13:59
Amazing images Gavin.........as always you never cease to amaze me. Image 5 is FREAKY........I had to ponder that one for about 5 mins before I THINK I figured it out.
Thats an amazing capture. How long have you been a professional photographer? Just curious. Thanks for posting and all of your wonderful images and inspiration.
gmen
26th of August 2005 (Fri), 11:55
excellent!

the wall one is...amusing!!
Cheers Dave.... you never quite know what a wall is going to do... so it's always fun shooting 'em

---- Gavin
Croasdail
26th of August 2005 (Fri), 12:04
okay - just an observation - but there are a dang lot of players in these shots with their eyes closed. No. 10 seems to have the same expression all the time too. thought maybe the one team was handicapping itself to keep it challenging... you know - well play with our eyes closed and still beat ya... Can't remember which baseball game it was I was shooting early in the summer - but I came back with so many eyes shut shots - I couldn't have tried to get that many even if I had wanted to. Not saying anything wrong with these shot - but No 10 caught my attention and then I noticed the rest... nothing more then me trying to avoid doing what I should be doing. Cheers!
gmen
1st of September 2005 (Thu), 02:30
How long have you been a professional photographer? Just curious. Thanks for posting and all of your wonderful images and inspiration.Thanks Quasi! I've been shooting for various papers and other publications for about 15 years now, it certainly keeps me busy...

---- Gavin