Ever tried photographing a rally car?!

Reading and learning! Always wondered what Tv was.. ('thought it was a camera...' etc)

 

this takes time... and you still have bad days
here are some of mine
twyford wood macca stages

dukeries rally clipstone north

isle of man (manx national) round table stage

trackrod rally gale rigg

i will post some more later if you want to see more.
thanks
stew

 

I like the Hyundai one.. cool pics !

 

thats one of my best photos . it took about 5 cars to get what i wanted. the big shame is i was trying to get that shot but of Colin McRae in his mk 2. but never mind.

 

And that's done on the Tv setting?

 

The guy in the Hyundai is Marcus Dodd six times champion, unfortunately this time he had to retire with engine problems

 

not sure what that is ?
it was taken in manual setting (m) just playing with the shutter speed and the point when i took the photo. a lot of people ask if i was using my wide angle but it was taken with a std 18-75 lens on a nikon d70.

dodd came 3rd on the rally it was from 2007
ive been sifting through a few more . i will put them up over the next few days.
stew

 

Tv = Time Value (another way of saying 'Shutter Priority')
Basically, you choose the Shutter Speed and let the camera decide the Aperture.
Results will vary based on your ISO and whether you've dialed in any Exposure Compensation.

Using 'Tv' instead of 'M' will result in you having a pretty-much point-and-shoot technique as soon as you've settled on a favoured shutter speed for a particular race/track/whatever.
Nice and quick.

 

nice set

 

Why thankyou

Was the second time I'd had a crack at track stuff.. of the 700 shots on the day 500 went in the bin

 

90right

my cousins site.

 

My photos are usually like that too...

I'm off down to Devon this week so i'll see what i can come up with; some fantastic sunsets over Lundy Island last time, but its the wrong time of year for that at the moment!

 

you do well to get 200. mines normaly like 10 usable ones from 200 shots

 

I've got a Panasonic Lumix TZ4

These were taken at the Scottish Motorsport Show, shortly before Colin McRae died. He was driving some of the cars, and bikes, along with Robbie Head, can't remember which ones are of Colin driving.

 

I know Colin Mcrae had an Escort as I spoke to him on the phone about tyres for it!

P.S those quads look like fun!

R.I.P; a true rally legend and inspiration to many present and up and coming rally stars.

 

A few snaps last year from the Silverstone Classic of some Group B cars. Not quite on a 'proper' rally stage but still...

 

this thread should be locked because it is just getting filled with filthy porn

 

indeed. looks like i started a snowball effect...

I love the photo of the Turbo 16 going sideways, just a crying shame its a Peugeot.

 

Turbo 16 is fine, it is not like it has much in common with the road car, ash tray maybe?

 

Silverstone Classic looked fun!

Does it run in '09?