Source: Daily_Mail
PICTURE SPECIAL: Top award for Sportsmail's award-winning snapper
There are 380 Barclays Premier League matches and thousands of images taken from each fixture, but only one shot can win the prestigious Barclays Photographic Award. And this is it.Sportsmail's Graham Chadwick captured this stunning photograph when Blackburn's Jason Roberts sent a header looping over Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer at Craven Cottage on March 11. Chadwick used a special filter called a 'starburst' to distort the floodlights and provide a powerful image. Enlarge Picture perfect: Graham Chadwick's Barclays Photographic Award-winning image of Blackburn striker Jason Roberts' unstoppable strike past Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer at craven Cottage on March 11 'I went to the game with the intention using the filter for thefirst time and capturing this kind of picture,' explained Chadwick. 'Ipositioned the camera behind the goal so the star effect of thefloodlights would frame the picture.Happy snapper: Graham celebrates his award'All I needed was some decent action to complete the composition. Itriggered the camera from a remote device and downloaded the images atthe end of the game and found this picture. 'Everything I needed for thepicture to work had come together in one frame mission accomplished.'It is a great honour to win this award and I can't wait for the new season to begin.'The award winning image was captured using: Camera - Nikon D3; Lens - Nikon 24mm -70mm; Exposure - 3200 ISO at F2.8; Shutter speed - 1/800secCLICK HERE TO SEE GRAHAM'S PHOTOS OF THE WEEK Explore more:People:Jason Roberts