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How-Zat

How-Zat
Apologise first of all as I accidently deleted this and all the great comments on it from my Ipernity pages earlier today. I would be very happy if anybody who had commented previously could re-instate their comments here again.

The British sport of cricket is known is known as a gentleman’s game as it so slow and relaxing. Here we have a local village match, generally played only on Sundays. Now it is generally sought by photographers to grab a shot of either, a ball being caught by a fielder or the ball hitting the wickets to get a man out! The latter is normally very difficult to get as it last for only a fraction of a moment and the ball is rarely in the frame. One can also wait for hours for the moment. Now I must admit here that I am not a great cricket fan and have attended only a handful of matches in my lifetime. On this day I was using my Canon AE1 35mm camera and had just aimed it at the stumps of the batter when I saw the ball being bowled. I shot as many frames as I could having no idea what I really got. Here is the result with a very rare ball actually hitting the wicket and driving the stumps into the air – with the cries of “How-Zat” (OUT) all around me

This from a 1976 slide.



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Nouchetdu38, Francis Taylor, Keith Burton, Gudrun and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo


11 comments - The latest ones
 Nick Weall
Nick Weall club
Shot of the Century
11 months ago.
Herb Riddle club has replied to Nick Weall club
Cheers Nick. Good to see you here again.

Best Wishes. Herb
11 months ago. Edited 11 months ago.
 TOZ
TOZ club
As I said before Herb great shot perfect for CWP.
Gordon
11 months ago.
Herb Riddle club has replied to TOZ club
Cheers for the accolade Gordon and thanks for re-inserting here again after my accidental deletion.

Cheers. Herb
11 months ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Da hast du von diesen Moment eine tolle Aufnahme machen können lieber Herbert :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,liebe Grüße Güni :))
11 months ago.
Herb Riddle club has replied to Günter Klaus club
Thanks so much Güni. Yes, timing was everything here and I guess luck was with me.

Best Wishes. Herb
11 months ago.
 natureoncam aka Greg
natureoncam aka Greg club
A fine action shot.
11 months ago.
Herb Riddle club has replied to natureoncam aka Greg club
Cheers Greg.
11 months ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
great action shot!
11 months ago.
Herb Riddle club has replied to Gabi Lombardo club
Thanks Gabi.
11 months ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
That's a fantastic action shot, you caught exactly the right moment! I cannot even begin to understand the rules of cricket and never watched a game.
11 months ago.

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