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I had a Nikon D200 in the boot but as I was doing 70mph and Christopher was doing about 85 I didn't have time to stop and get it out :o
I just hope none of the dirt off his car flew off and landed on mine :rasp:
Nikon 18-200 VR for those occasions where lugging all your gear around isn't practical.
Or, if you haven't already got them, a couple of flashguns that you can use wirelessly to light your car shoots.
I'd put a 1.4 or 1.7x converter on the 80-200 if you need extra reach. 1.4 only loses one stop.
Mark binned it on that very stage on this years Rally Isle of Man!
The bridge near the start is quite tight :o
The Castrol plug is because the Civic was sponsored by Castrol - it was the championship that was sponsored by Mobil 1 ;)
Tripod, shutter priority mode, various exposures (up to 30 seconds), white balance set to whatever the light source is, low ISO.
Second pic looks like it may have a starburst filter on it.
I don't know, the main speccie car parks are usually open the night before I think? We drove through Hopehouse from the north end of the stage and parked up for the night on a track that connected Hopehouse and Roughside then came out after the stage via Spadeadam army ranges to the south and...
www.britishrally.co.uk for general rally stuff and events
www.grizedalestages.co.uk for the December Grizedale event
www.rogerclarkrally.org for the R.A.C.
Yeah he was doing the historic event this year - his own car isn't historic spec so he usually does the "open" rally, which he'd won for the previous 3 years.
You should've gone to the RAC!
Day 1 in Yorkshire (Dalby etc) before a night stage in Greystoke (Cumbria)
Day 2 SW Scotland and Kershope (the long stage on the border)
Day 3 all in Kielder
Grizedale is being used in December for another event.
This RAC is the Roger Albert Clark rally, not to...
It was a brilliant event, I did all 3 days, 2 nights in Hotel Clio... maybe I'm strange but you can't beat parking up in the middle of the forest for the night with some mates, getting the stoves going and cooking bacon butties :)
A few of my pics here...
Kenko Pro 1 filters are the same as Hoya if you want to get them from HK.
Make sure you get one appropriate to the lens you are using as they come in different sizes.
Check the earth connection on the electrics too, dirty earth contact can cause strange warning light effects.
Worn pads/low fluid doesn't cause the service light to come on, well it didn't on mine anyway :o
www.7dayshop.comp cheap prices, delivery usually takes a week though
Warehouse Express if you want stuff quickly or need a wider product range.
Get a Sigma 10-20 lens, you know it makes sense.
10-20mm, that shot was at 14mm.
they aren't edited other than colour saturation for the b & w ones, the border is just a template I created in Paint Shop Pro 1983 version which I copy the original pic too. You could do it by writing an action and batch processing in photoshop or something but...
A55 towards Llandudno, down to Betws y Coed, Llanberis... then back over the pass, down the A489 towards Penryhndeudraeth, A487 through Dolgellau to Machynlleth, up the Artists Valley road, through the forest tracks and lanes to Nant y Moch then down to Ponterwyd and along the A44 to Sweet Lamb...
I could've got the same pic with a D40/50 etc, good pics are more down to the lens and the photographer rather than how much your camera cost. I only use a D200 as it's better for motorsport, which is what it's mainly used for.