You can see one win a contest at least once every year--the ball head. Over the years I've had about 1/2 dozen close ones--but you could always see some part of the persons head, perhaps a bit of the chin, or the back of the head--it was never perfect. Now these happen by pure chance, I don't believe anyone really tries to get one, its action, you snap and even though there is some hope that your plan to be in the right place at the time works to achieve good action shots, you really can't plan to have this happen. Maybe the greats can, but the rest of us just notice that when they happen, don't delete it in camera, wait until you see it on screen maybe just maybe you'll get something that works. It only took me 13 years to get one that worked this well and cleanly. If nothing else its good for a double-take and then hopefully a chuckle. Meadville Tribune photograph of Lakeview football practice by Richard Sayer