CUTLINE: Manchester Central’s Felipe Acevedo eyes a forced fumble from Nashua South’s Nicholas Haskell Friday, Sept. 25 at Gill Stadium in Manchester. The Little Green held off the Panthers 20-14.

TECH SPECS: f/2.8, 1/640, 300mm, 2500 ISO

THOUGHTS: Lately I’ve been shooting my field sports from the prone position (on my belly). There are two reasons for this, one, there’s a whole other world five feet and a few inches below and two, masked sports and sports that look down a lot, i.e. field hockey, you get better facial results. This moment happened about 15-20 yards away as I was laying on South’s 30 yard line. I’m always cognizant of my surroundings and would never recommend this to amateurs or the out of shape. Not to say I’m a seasoned athlete but I can hold my own if the situation should arise a collision. Heaven forbid it should happen but my squishy layer of fat and muscle from the wrestling and football days can take it still. Anyhow, this image was pretty straight on as this Central player took down the South kid. It’s just plain luck the ball popped out. I would love to have the horizon a bit more straight and the ball not riding the edge of the frame so much but this is the end result. Keeping to ethical standards, above is the original and below is a toned image (i.e. contrast, color correction, levels, saturation, cropping and sharpening). This is to give everyone an idea of what originals look like vs. the finished product. The practice of cropping for impact stands true in this example.

Best,

Corey

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