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Spencerj

13th of March 2006 (Mon), 14:57

I went along to the Arena Essex Hammers Speedway Teams press day today at Upton Park (home of West Ham United), great day, really enjoyed it but was a bit out of my depth lol - Good to meet gmen again as well as the other togs.

Here are some pictures of the team as well as one or two of the ground... ;) The full selection of pictures are in my flickr pages, the link is in my sig. Comments welcome...

A view of the pitch...
http://static.flickr.com/42/111963720_d966012f16.jpg

Starting the shoot in the car park...
http://static.flickr.com/35/111961859_62b8dc5e7e.jpg

More of the car park shoot...
http://static.flickr.com/37/111960797_0949a4dcd4.jpg

Shaun Tacey...
http://static.flickr.com/49/111958986_033660d303_b.jpg

Team Picture...
http://static.flickr.com/55/112013894_ffe3fa6f5f.jpg

Ronnie Russell...
http://static.flickr.com/45/112030165_0f19e22d4e_b.jpg

Press Conference...
http://static.flickr.com/38/112042180_362ff3d5b3.jpg

Steve Johnston...
http://static.flickr.com/54/111987772_8a21dc4dd3_b.jpg

more on my flickr pages... ;)

LMP

14th of March 2006 (Tue), 10:03

Nice Spencer, bit of a change for you from the footie. All good experience :)

Spencerj

14th of March 2006 (Tue), 12:13

absolutely... the local paper want me to cover speedway during the closed football season so this was the start of it... thanks.

gmen

16th of March 2006 (Thu), 13:10

Nice stuff Spencer...good to see you on Monday... hopefully see you over there tomorrow evening?

At the risk of hijacking, I've put together a couple of galleries of images from Monday and Wednesday:

Press Day: http://www.photoshelter.com/gallery-show/G0000VcUT.mtcjjM

Practice Day: http://www.photoshelter.com/gallery-show/G0000Z2WmivmP8Es

Yesterday was a serious dustbowl :lol: I've had to do some concerted cleaning!

---- Gavin

Stav_98

16th of March 2006 (Thu), 15:01

Nice piccies. Good to see something a little different in this forum

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 01:27

Dandaman_24

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 03:53

http://www.photoshelter.com/img-show/I0000JzX2hWxLRNE

which one is you then Spencerj ?

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 04:26

lol, the one who looks like he is having a panic attack, guess... ;)

gmen

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 04:58

Well... since I've already hijacked the thread - hope you don't mind if I add a few more images Spencer. Here's a bit of action from Wednesday. I was trying hard to find some clean backgrounds... the stepladders came in handy to eliminate the barrier from the shots:

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bongoids001.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bongoids005.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bongoids003.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bongoids002.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bongoids004.jpg

http://www.tgsphoto.co.uk/forum_images/bongoids006.jpg

---- Gavin

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 05:02

Great shots, I wish i could of made it...post away but you might get more comments in your own thread, i dont have the crowd pulling power you have ;)

gmen

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 05:09

Great shots, I wish i could of made it...post away but you might get more comments in your own thread, i dont have the crowd pulling power you have ;):lol: I'm going to avoid starting a new thread for a month.... I'm suffering from feedback overload :D

---- Gavin

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 05:13

lol... its your own fault, lower you skill level until you are on par with me and you wont get as many comments to reply to, ive got no sympathy for you... ;)

Dandaman_24

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 05:16

Im guessing you are the guy on the left with the blue jeans ?

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 05:18

gmen

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 05:18

lol... its your own fault, lower you skill level until you are on par with me and you wont get as many comments to reply to, ive got no sympathy for you... ;):lol: You're taking some great stuff (EDIT:) ) 'sex god'... put a 300mm f/2.8 in your hands and you'll be dangerous...

BTW did you send your lens back?

---- Gavin

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 05:22

Yep, It came back yesterday, they turned it around next day! and they are also going to refund the 20 quid it cost me to send it back, the everyday focusing noise of the motor actually sounds louder than the last one (maybe im imagining it) but the squeek has gone, cant ask for more than that i guess... thanks for the kind comments btw... unless you mean dangerous as in turning around and smacking someone on the head with it! ;)

Dandaman_24

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 07:44

lol, yep... you may call me sex god. BTW im coming down to wales in a few days, a friend and i are taking some shots of mumbles and gower area, staying in swansea city centre, may go along to plantasia with the macro as well ;)

Hi
Im about 2 miles from mumbles at the moment, my girlfriend lives here. ill be going home tomorrow though. I will be down cardiff on sunday, trying to take some shots of the rugby fans and the occasional drunk.

I havent been to plantasia for a good couple of years, so i cant give you any advice.

P.S No you cant stay at my girlfriends house

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 08:47

lol, you read my mind ;)

Incomplete Pete

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 11:01

What was up with the lens?

Spencerj

17th of March 2006 (Fri), 11:42

The hyper sonic motor was a hyper squeeky motor when autofocusing...

keith baker

8th of April 2006 (Sat), 09:19

Hi, Great shots, Where's the best arenas in kent and surrounding areas to get pictures as good as this, what lense sizes work best taking into account distance of spectators from riders.