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Yeah, you're right! I wonder why I cannot see my pic any more.. only a small pictogram and the filename. Do you see the same now?
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That's strange... I posted width 500px as far as I remember... but now I can see it back again)) maybe there were some troubles on the server
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Oh, I know, it's just that I've never struggled with getting focus like this. I think it's because I've only used split-view focusing on an old Minolta SRT-101, so I have to get used it on a Nikon.
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My university has an annual Dragon Day event. This was the first one since 2019 because of Covid. I took a bunch of photos for the newspaper, but those aren't up yet. Here are some that I edited for my own use:
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📌After some time I feel the duty to gladly post many more of my shots. This Time something that reminds Autunum Ring and a Fiat 500. Climbing the mountains always has its charm.
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Went to watch some stock cars today...
Tough to get any good photo's because of the fence layout - and having streaming eyes because of the amount of dirt fired at the eyeballs when you're that close to the aforementioned fence!
Tough to get any good photo's because of the fence layout - and having streaming eyes because of the amount of dirt fired at the eyeballs when you're that close to the aforementioned fence!
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📌The last curve of a hill climb exceeded the finish line. Many cars participate almost every year 🏆🏁
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Some captures from along my morning walk, the bluebells and leaves are beginning to open up.
Really nice shots
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Two more curves on a mountain path surrounded by a vast vegetation of trees of all kinds. Follow these roads and how to venture to the Autunum Ring as written in some post Fa, the road has a lot of volcanic sand as if you were in a Rally
.At the same time it is a lot of fun to drive many climbs make sure that you will never get bored
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Wow!!!!
Where did you take these photos?
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Attended the 12H of Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday with media accreditation. It was a blast!
A link to the full album (more pictures to be added) is down below:
A link to the full album (more pictures to be added) is down below:
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That's awesome! How did you get a media pass?
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I do photography as a hobby, and since I started it was one of my dreams to actually shoot at a race in a professional way (i.e., just like a media guy). One day I was browsing through the web, looking for races near me I could get accredited for.
Long story short: stumbled across the 24H Series website, checked the guidelines, and just applied for accreditation. Very few series don't need you to be some type of journalist / professional photographer / etc. to get accredited, as I found out after talking to someone else who took photos that day (Int'l GT Open). And since I have my own little website and social media channel, I simply put those as my "client" and I got accepted.
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That's awesome! I've also looked for ways to get accredited for events, but, like you said, most require you to be a professional photographer or journalist. But I've been lucky enough to meet someone who hosts HPDE events that I got to take photos for and also some grassroots drift events.
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Nice!
Have you shared some photos of these events here as well? I'd really love to see them!
And in just two months I'll be back at Spa, this time for the International GT Open Series (as mentioned in my previous post). In October, I'll be at Circuit Zolder for the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (if I get accredited, applied on tuesday). So keep looking out for more trackside photos, hehe.
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Yes I have, but it has been a long time since then haha. I've been too busy with university to do more. Looking back, I think I have gotten a lot better at panning since then.
These are mostly just photo dumps rather than any curation (from most recent to the oldest):
Binge Tokyo and Southern Roots at NCM
Explore this photo album by Harry Dang on Flickr!
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It's a lot of fun being so up close to the track. I really do hope I get more opportunities in the future. I have no idea where I'll be after I graduate, but hopefully somewhere near a race track.
That's awesome! I wish I was close to a track like Spa or Zolder. I've been to Watkins Glen one year, but that was just as a normal spectator. But my friends and I snuck into the pits for the start of one of the races. We were definitely not supposed to be there haha..
When you're at these tracks, how long do you stay at one corner / vantage point? Do you walk around often? I've been wondering about this a lot, especially for shorter races. I'm not sure how I would balance between taking the same photos at the same corner with walking to a different location, especially when the race is only so long.
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Great pictures! 👌Yes I have, but it has been a long time since then haha. I've been too busy with university to do more. Looking back, I think I have gotten a lot better at panning since then.
These are mostly just photo dumps rather than any curation (from most recent to the oldest):
Binge Tokyo and Southern Roots at NCM
Explore this photo album by Harry Dang on Flickr!
It's a lot of fun being so up close to the track. I really do hope I get more opportunities in the future. I have no idea where I'll be after I graduate, but hopefully somewhere near a race track.
Regarding panning... that too did gradually improve. Only at Spa last sunday I learned to do what I like to call "fast panning" instead of just panning just enough to keep the car in the frame. The best example for that is the picture of the #71 R8 GT3 I posted, easily my favourite photo of them all from that day.
What other tracks are near you if I may ask?
Spa and Zolder are both great tracks, but Spa is just something else. The surroundings, the undulations... just being there as a spectator is one hell of an experience. But with a media pass around your neck, that's a whole different story. Picture the scene: You're standing inside of La Source, you hear a Huracan Super Trofeo blasting down the start/finish straight, only to go through turn 1 maybe 30 to 40cm beside you, only being seperated by the pit wall. Or an AMG GT3 approaching Les Combs at 270+ kph, and then flies by you while just being about 3m away from you.
Enough day dreaming now. When I was at Spa, I usually spent about an hour per vantage point/corner. Sometimes maybe less, sometimes more. For example, I spent about 1.5 hours just in the pit lane alone. Then about an hour at Pouhon, and so on. It all really depends on what kind of shots I want to produce. And at Spa, you have to take long walks to get to a different vantage point. Fancy taking some photos at the chicane before the start/finish straight but you're at Fagnes (the chicane after Pouhon)? That'd be a 15 to 20 minute walk then.
It's different for each track, really. But when I attend a race as a spectator, I usually stay at the same place. Though, that also depends on the length of the race.
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