It is a shame you can’t see this in its full glory as a high resolution file. It is a corker of a soccer action picture by Nigel Roddis from the English Premier League last weekend showing Liverpool’s Lucas Leiva and Newcastle United’s Nicky Butt heading the ball at the same time. Our UK photographers shoot a lot of soccer and the nature of the business is such that once published it is usually forgotten about but Nigel’s picture was still being talked about in the office days later.
Even for photographers who cover soccer twice a week with the best equipment, it is rare for all the elements to come together as well as they have here on a game that matters. There are lots of “almosts” but he has the moment bang on and it is sharp, clean, well composed and from a newsworthy game to boot.
Nigel has well and truly nailed it.
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Hey Nigel, excellent pic. Just out of curiosity, which cameras and lenses do you use? Again, good stuff man
- Posted by Diana Ngila[...] Nigel nails it! - Reuters Photographers Nigel has well and truly nailed it. (tags: photojournalism) [...]
- Posted by links for 2007-12-01 | TrentHead.ComThanks very much. I use three canon
mkii’s for football with 400mm, 135mm and a 20mm behind the goal on a
remote. This picture was taken on the 400mm.
Nigel
- Posted by Nigel Roddis[...] writing here…One that just blew my socks off the other day was from the Reuters blog about Nigel Roddis’ picture from a recent Liverpool/Newcastle United tilt. Wow. David Viggers, the writer, said it was [...]
- Posted by words on photography » Corkers!Ahsante (Thanks in Swahili) Nigel.
- Posted by Diana NgilaJust one fab picture. Top snap fella.
- Posted by phil spencer