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World Cup 2006 Blog

From our reporters in Germany

Picture this

Ross Kinnaird, the photographer with Getty Images who is following the England camp, sadly wasn't the chap who got the snap of that adorned every back/front page on Tuesday. But I asked Ross for his thoughts on the photo that made a lot of money for someone:

Developments in today’s lenses and camera equipment make taking action shots like these a lot easier if you’re focused on one player for a substantial amount of time. Rooney is undoubtedly at the centre of all the attention at the moment, so the question is not how long it takes to get mid-air shots like this, but more about how long you dare to take the camera off Rooney to shoot enough of the action from the other players in the squad. It can be tricky to juggle!

Ross also had some answers to questions about his Ronaldo picture.

I shot the Ronaldo picture in 1998 with a 400ml lens, at a 15th of a second with an aperture of about F11. The one difference that made this picture so different was that I actually shot it on film. I used up three or four films on Ronaldo alone to get the right image - after processing there were only about three images that were suitable for printing. With digital it’s more about trial and error to get the right shot because the image is naturally accessible immediately.

Ross says if he had to give one top tip on making it as a sports photographer, it would be to "think for yourself and definitely don’t be afraid to be that little bit different and go against ‘the pack’ occasionally. The Ronaldo shot is a perfect example."

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  • 1.
  • At 02:23 PM on 07 Jun 2006,
  • chris atkins wrote:

hi i think they should make a brave decion a leave wayne rooney out opf the world cup and let him recover in time for next season, by then he will b fit and ready fro action ..
and also leave beckham out of the squad ,because england play better without him

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  • At 10:41 PM on 05 Jul 2006,
  • pgh54vv@ebay.com wrote:

ringtones free

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