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UFC 89: Top 10 Shots

Fronted by Luke Thomas.

Having had time to review the 2200+ shots I took at UFC 89, here are my personal top ten favourites from the show. I hope you like looking over these as much as I enjoyed shooting them (which was quite a bit, despite all the challenges faced in order to get them!)

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(the other 9 are in the body of the post)

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It'll be a long wait for me until UFC 93 rolls around in Dublin in January.

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Very nice work!

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by Brent Brookhouse on Oct 21, 2008 9:24 AM EDT reply actions  

Great shots.

Link to more? Or the Zoom feature?

by Nick Thomas on Oct 21, 2008 9:51 AM EDT reply actions  

Links as requested

The ESPN gallery can be found here and you can browse larger versions of the shots above at this flickr.com set

by VikingPhotography on Oct 21, 2008 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

I like the shots, however, I wish you could find a better way to watermark the copyright. It is very bothersome. Perhaps you could watermark the corners or somewhere on the outside of the focus of the shot. I know you are concerned that the photos would then be cropped, but the truth is that anyone with just a small bit of Photoshop experience can steal these and remove the watermark anyway.

by Fight Genius on Oct 21, 2008 10:10 AM EDT reply actions  

With watermarks like these it renders the photos useless for people who want to steal them for commercial gain. Unfortunately it is a symptom of the modern age of people grabbing and reusing everything they see without thought of ownership.

Only being an amateur photographer myself I can really appreciate the other 2000+ shots taken to get to these 10. Great shots!

by Benicio on Oct 21, 2008 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Agreed

This watermark is hardly noticeable compared to others I have seen. While I believe in the “make a small version for the internet so it can’t be stolen for anything serious”, an unobtrusive (key word) watermark is no problem.

by mythbuster on Oct 21, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh...

and by the way, awesome shots :)

by mythbuster on Oct 21, 2008 5:55 PM EDT reply actions  

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