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Took a couple of shots while i was playing cricket. I was quite happy with these two.

Canon 30D with Canon 70-200 2.8L with 1.4x - Heavily Cropped

WOW!!!

Impressive timing with the second, you must be happy with that capture?

bails and all!!!

Yeah im very happy with it. The batsman wasnt. It was his second ball

Nice!! You freeze the ball perfectly!!!

Congratulations

On the second shot I'm really supprised that the bails came off before the ball got there. I think we need the third umpire in for this shot.... and maybe the other one

In both shots, the ball, the seam and the shadow on the ball look identical to me..

Perhaps I'm wrong..but so was GWB about WMD..

Great shots. I have been trying to take good shots of my team with mixed results.

The 2nd is best, although, with the first, someone should tell point that he should be walking in with the bowler.

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the second shot reflects what Australia is doing to england right now... well shot..

surenj wrote:the second shot reflects what Australia is doing to england right now... well shot..

I hope not... the usual situation in cricket is that the bails don't come off before the ball hits the wicket or the wicketkeeper attempts a stumping.

wow...excellent timing with the second shot, very nicely composed and executed

jammy2 wrote:wow...excellent timing with the second shot, very nicely composed and executed

Hmmm..so how do you explain the bails coming off before the ball hitting the wicket...?

I can't work it out....

shakey wrote:

jammy2 wrote:wow...excellent timing with the second shot, very nicely composed and executed

Hmmm..so how do you explain the bails coming off before the ball hitting the wicket...?

I can't work it out....

My guess would be spin bowler - the ball may not have enough speed to go through the stumps, but just bounces off, hence the very upward trajectory of the bails.

If that is right, poor choice of shot. If I am wrong, well, go Australia

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Reschsmooth wrote:

shakey wrote:

jammy2 wrote:wow...excellent timing with the second shot, very nicely composed and executed

Hmmm..so how do you explain the bails coming off before the ball hitting the wicket...?

I can't work it out....

My guess would be spin bowler - the ball may not have enough speed to go through the stumps, but just bounces off, hence the very upward trajectory of the bails.

If that is right, poor choice of shot. If I am wrong, well, go Australia

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Thats pretty much my explation. The stumps were in the ground quite tightly. Definately no photoshops here guys.

2nd is spectacular!

I agree it has to be a spinner - he has managed to get well down the track - although not in text book forward defensive position!

Mitchell wrote:although not in text book forward defensive position!

Haven't you seen the text book "How not to bat" (written by an Englishman, methinks).

Yes definately not a text book shot.

Here is another one i thought wasnt too bad.

In the first, the left elbow needs to be a tad higher, in the second, the batsman played the wrong line I think, use the feet and get down the pitch son...

Nice clear shots.

Wow!! Great shots Nick. I was going to post a photo I took last weekend with bails in a similar position to the 2nd, but these make mine look very ordinary indeed


The lusting continues unabated...

Sweet. It's that time of year again

The second shot is fantastic. Your timing is brilliant, but the batsman's is shocking.

It's hard to get good images of cricket even with a 500mm lens, so i reckon you have done really well to get them.