dave182 said:
wow, great pics mate, love the garage ones, seems like you got a good look at the cars too, when i was in the ferrari garage they were running the cars and coming in and out of the pits practicing and doing practice pit stop etc so i had to keep out of the way alot through dear of being knocked down as it was so busy and those cars were going so fast and coming very close to me, you had to be so quick to get shots in as the worlds press were getting in my way.
Didn't get a chance to wander around the paddock as all my time was spent in the garage, amazing time though so i bet you enjoyed it as much as me.
What lens were you using for all those shots? Was a shame that damn fence got in the way when in the stand, i had the roof supports in my way to dodge!
p.s. was that murray walker in the honda shirt? And who was the FIA dude, there were loads of them walking round the pits yesterday and i knew i recognised them but had no idea who they were positions wise.
Not much chance of gettin run over this morning, the cars were in the "perc ferme" conditions with the scrutenears watching so we had to be careful where we were treading as they had nose's, engine covers etc off the cars, so if anything got damaged, under the rules the car would have to start in that condition, so we were very careful.
Also couldnt go over the red line into the garage either.
Yep it was Murray in the Honda shirt, I think he's been doing some media work with the team recently and the FIA official was Charlie Whiting ( Race Director ) the guy that starts the lights and calls safety cars etc.
As for the lens, I was using a 18-200mm that I got a few weeks ago, with the aim of allowing me to take normal distance shots, like those with me posing in the garage and to also give me abit of distance, with the aim of allowing me to reduce the amount of times I had to change lenses from a short distance to long.
Seems to have worked quite well, my favourite in of the Merc badge on the nose which is now on my desktop.
It was a pitty about the fence and the posts. It was confusing the focusing of the lens too when trying to shoot through it, as can be seen from the drivers parade.
Cheers
Chris
