2014 Amuteur Motorsport Photo Thread.

SK8RBOI · Dec 7, 2014

Post your photos that you have taken track side here. doesn't matter where is from or what it is as long as it is Motorsport themed. I cant wait to see pictures you guys have taken and remember to put where it was taken below the photo.

Blancpain endurance, Silverstone. This car overtook for the lead in the dying moments of the race to become the first Bentley win in England for 80 years!

Blancpain Endurance, Silverstone Our GT academy lads on the top step of the PRO-AM category podium. My favorate team owner BOB NEVILLE on the far right.

British F3, Donington Park. The car that one the British F3 championship and my local team Fortec Motorsport.

British GT, donington. craner curves is a good place to take shots.

Looking forward to seeing you photos, like to see more!

NOTE: can pictures please be thumbnails.

TenEightyOne · Dec 7, 2014

Please use the "insert all as thumbnail" option otherwise this will end up as one of those unloadable threads (for those of us who are on a cacky connection)

Love the first pic

SK8RBOI · Dec 7, 2014

TenEightyOne
Please use the "insert all as thumbnail" option otherwise this will end up as one of those unloadable threads (for those of us who are on a cacky connection)

Love the first pic

Thanks mate. I haven't got the best camera and its hard to get a decent shot.
I have allays wanted to share my photos but haven't gotten round to doing it before now.

have you got any pictures?

SK8RBOI · Dec 7, 2014

@TenEightyOne do you like my new one?

JakeKing39 · Dec 7, 2014

Hey, I might post some pictures within the next week or so of my racing club, the Sports Car Club of America.

SK8RBOI · Dec 7, 2014

Looking foward to seeing them mate.

MatskiMonk · Dec 7, 2014

Lambor-wheelie by mattstokes1, on Flickr

I've taken quite a few at Brands Hatch this year, there's a few on my flickr page, but I've not uploaded that many.. thought I'd share this one one because I quite like it.

Panoz · Dec 8, 2014

Road Atlanta's turn 10a/b produced many moments during this year's Petit Le Mans.

SK8RBOI · Dec 8, 2014

MatskiMonk
Lambor-wheelie by mattstokes1, on Flickr

I've taken quite a few at Brands Hatch this year, there's a few on my flickr page, but I've not uploaded that many.. thought I'd share this one one because I quite like it.

l love those photos, there so clear and detailed. I cant stop looking at this one, just love it!

can I ask what camera you are using?

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Road Atlanta's turn 10a/b produced many moments during this year's Petit Le Mans.

I like the first one with the mud flying in the air! you where lucky to get such a brilliant shot!

have you got a picture of a LMP or a DP i would love to see one of those.

MatskiMonk · Dec 8, 2014

SK8RBOI
l love those photos, there so clear and detailed. I cant stop looking at this one, just love it!

can I ask what camera you are using?

Thanks, I use a Canon EOS-60D, with a Tamron 70-300mm Lens for this photo. 50% of the detail is luck, I must have taken 100 shots from the same place, with 1/320 shutter speed it's not that difficult to get a clean shot, but since I was pretty close and the car was accelerating towards me, the focus isn't always spot-on, the car was also facing in to the sunlight, so it was well lit. It always helps when you resize, I've cropped that a little, and in shrinking it Flickr seems to sharpen it somewhat.

Since you're in Northampton I appreciate Silverstone is an easy venue (I'm pretty local too), but it's not a great place for taking pictures, for the most part, there's too many fences and you're too far away from the action to get a way with a 'short' lens. Brands on the other hand is pretty good for photo's, with the beautiful leafy setting making the photo's a lot more interesting than Silverstone's desolate wide open feel.

SK8RBOI · Dec 8, 2014

MatskiMonk
Thanks, I use a Canon EOS-60D, with a Tamron 70-300mm Lens for this photo. 50% of the detail is luck, I must have taken 100 shots from the same place, with 1/320 shutter speed it's not that difficult to get a clean shot, but since I was pretty close and the car was accelerating towards me, the focus isn't always spot-on, the car was also facing in to the sunlight, so it was well lit. It always helps when you resize, I've cropped that a little, and in shrinking it Flickr seems to sharpen it somewhat.

Since you're in Northampton I appreciate Silverstone is an easy venue (I'm pretty local too), but it's not a great place for taking pictures, for the most part, there's too many fences and you're too far away from the action to get a way with a 'short' lens. Brands on the other hand is pretty good for photo's, with the beautiful leafy setting making the photo's a lot more interesting than Silverstone's desolate wide open feel.

I see what you mean, I also live close to Doington which may be better but there is still the fences every where and where there isn't any fences you are too far away. I want to go the Olton park as there is allot of trees so its not open and flat like Silverstone but I cant travel that far.
Ther is Malery park which is probably really good but the events that I want to go to just are not there.

MatskiMonk · Dec 8, 2014

SK8RBOI
I see what you mean, I also live close to Doington which may be better but there is still the fences every where and where there isn't any fences you are too far away. I want to go the Olton park as there is allot of trees so its not open and flat like Silverstone but I cant travel that far.
Ther is Malery park which is probably really good but the events that I want to go to just are not there.

~~What camera do you use?~~ edit: Nikon Coolpix L820 I see.

Oulton is a nice venue, though I've not been back there since I got in to taking photo's. Donnington has a couple of good spots, importantly, as with Druids corner at Brands, if you can get close enough to the fence, the camera will focus so far beyond it that the fence itself becomes virtually invisible, and there's a good chance that you're 'shooting through the gaps'. Bigger aperture settings help with this.

This will often work better:

Camera === | fence | ======================================== Car/object

Than this (even though the car is closer):

Camera =========| fence |======= Car/object

As an example, this was from the same weekend as the Lambo shot, taken with the camera maybe a foot away from the sodding great big catch fence at druids (again with the EOS-60 at 286mm (actually used my 500mm which is not a great quality lens at all))

ROAL BMW Z4 GT3, Alex Zanardi by mattstokes1, on Flickr