Hoowwzzaaat!!!

A quickie post, again. I'll try harder to put something up every week. Honest!

If you miss the "moment" in sport - and it's easy to do that even for the best photographer - it's always worth looking out for the reactions to that moment. You might be unsighted by another player, or spectators down at local level (!!). You might have had too much glass on when the goal comes in from nowhere, the car spins and crashes in front of you, or as here for cricket, where I was actually shooting the bowler on his run up, with 600mm of lens on.

I half-saw the 'keeper dive with my left eye, but actually heard the ball whack into his glove and was just able to reframe on him as the nearest fielder reached him to grab the ball in celebration...

Mark Tucker joyfully grabs for the ball that Minster 'keeper
Jordan Weller has just plucked from the air for a catch, in
their game against Sidcup on Saturday 23rd July.

How is he??? Out!

It's (County) Show time!

Baaaahhhh!!!

I spent two days up on Detling Hill this weekend covering the Kent County Show. It's a chance for people to be reminded about most things agricultural, and to meet some of the Kent services, businesses and charities.  And of course, there's plenty of retail opportunities.

In times past, this was a well-staffed and reported gig by newspapers. Not any more. In these lean times it seems that the coverage of everything, even the county's biggest show, is scaled back, to the point where you wonder what will happen next year and just what editorial policy is?

However, here's a brief look at two days up on the hill...

Early starts - both Friday and Saturday at before 7.00am, to get in and parked, then set up in the press room in the middle of the showground. Thank Heavens for bacon rolls....

More after the break...