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Comment by messerschmitt:
congrats on that win on Ajax in the first place

this catch is so interesting and overwhelming i didnt notice even the overexposures for awhile
i can relate to your depression ha
i cant stand overexposures myself but the image apparently is strong enuff to make me forget about that
somehow your sportphotos always show tru the love for this game
and thats good

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Comment by SandyP:
How TOTALLY inspiring that it is possible to have a great image that may not be technically perfect and turn it into an extraordinary, award winning photo! My hat is SO off to you!! Congratulations on a very well deserved blue ribbon!

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Comment by Mambe:
Congrats Gordon !

You are the first photographer I chose when I discovered DPC and I'm very pleased to see you ribboning again !

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Comment by kevrobertson:

Blue ribbon? Whoo Hooo
Well deserved.
I knew that this was your shot (well hoped)
Being only 50 odd miles away i reconised the teams!
It's a fantastic capture and i hope it teaches all of us not to throw images away that are not perfect before the PP.
Keep up the good work.
Need an assistant?

Kev

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Comment by JeffDay:
Wow nice job converting this, grats

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Comment by peecee:
Hey Gordon,
Great shot and congrats,nice to see you up there in the ribbons again.
Paul.

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Comment by violinist123:
In the end, the universe corrected the challenge and pushed this up to the blue where it belonged. Grats again!!!

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Comment by preludex228:
GREAT shot!

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Comment by goc:
yea ! congratz ... i gave this a 10 and was right :-)

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Comment by geewhy:

Originally posted by adrian45: I wondered how the Dutch Press liked the shots - hope nothing nasty happened - you must be a seasoned pro though, so they will understand it was a technical blip.

Thanks for the comment Adrian..in answer to above,only a small amount of shots on the day were overexposed..so I had a large amount to choose from when selecting for the press.
I mainly shoot for the team`s website www.falkirkfc.co.uk and the matchday magazine..only very occasionally am I asked to supply the press.The whole thing is a hobby and I`m far from being a Pro.

I have shot in Raw previously and knew of it`s benefits with returning detail into blown highlights but never found much advantage to it in terms of keeping noise out of enlargements with underexposed shots but maybe that`s down to my lack of knowledge on the technical side of things..I am considering shooting in Raw once more and doing a bit of research into getting the best out my camera..hadn`t heard of DxO until you mentioned it and I`ll certainly look into that.

Thanks again.
Gordon