Robin Hood - Thieves Wood

[photonick]

A few shots from Thieves Wood stage, a great event and even a sunny day too, what more can you ask for. All taken with the 350D and 70-200 F4 and kit lens . All comments welcome...

1
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_1068a.jpg

2
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_1057a.jpg

3
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_1026a.jpg

4
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_0972a.jpg

5
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_0938a.jpg

6
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_0868a.jpg

7
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_0837a.jpg

8
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r196/photonicks/Motorsport/2007%20Robin%20Hood/IMG_0834a.jpg

[Skippy29]

Nice! #2 is my fav

[darren h]

good series of shots Nick, Good colour and sharp.

Loved the noise from 500bdx...great sounding car

[willy b]

It was a really good event wasn't it. Some cracking looking pic, number 3 has to be my favourite

[gsgary]

Nice shots 3 and 4 for me

[despot]

Great selection of shots Nick - lovely colours.
Lotus Cortina - very 8)
Andy

[Jamie Holladay]

Nice series. If you could please excuse my ignorance, what kind of car is in #5?

[tag141]

Nice series. If you could please excuse my ignorance, what kind of car is in #5?

It's a Lancia Stratos. (Got a Ferrari engine) Can't tell from here whether it's a kit or genuine though. One of my all time favourite rally cars.

[photonick]

It's a Lancia Stratos. (Got a Ferrari engine) Can't tell from here whether it's a kit or genuine though. One of my all time favourite rally cars.

No, this one is genuine. Bought and driven by the owner of a drinks company and what a genius piece of marketing (at least to fans of 70's rally cars:D )

[Ian_H]

A nice selection of shots, I really like the first one and the last one with the flash in it.


No, this one is genuine. Bought and driven by the owner of a drinks company and what a genius piece of marketing (at least to fans of 70's rally cars:D )


He also arrived at the rally in his road spec Stratos :lol:


Cheers
Ian

[willy b]

No, this one is genuine. Bought and driven by the owner of a drinks company and what a genius piece of marketing (at least to fans of 70's rally cars:D )

he also has or had a focus WRc spec rally car, that was a serious bit of kit!!!

[photonick]

He also arrived at the rally in his road spec Stratos :lol:

Cheers
Ian

Ian, did you get a shot of his road car? He must be a huge Stratos fan, theyre not the most competitive or reliable cars are they!

Nick.

[James_RScos]

Nice shots Nick some great action, was a good day i really enjoyed it.

[andrewc]

The Stratos, given the right driver, should **blitz** most events - when it was current it won the world championship multiple times in succession, proving good on all surfaces - tarmac, gravel, mud, snow

Unfortunatly most of the drivers competing in this level of rallying, don't have quite the level of talent / bravery / budget to bring out the best of them.

Steve Perez is the driver. The man who looks after his cars was in our workshops today collecting a replacement windscreen for the car - we're Lancia specialists catering for Stratoses and fulvias (and older)

One problem is that there isn't much parts availabliltiy for the Stratos, so its a question of research and development. When something breaks, find out why, and then get it remade (at vast expense) after re-engineering what went wrong. Naturally this is so much easier if the cars are as common as an Escort - costs come down and the ability to develop new and uprated products is so much greater.

The genius of marketing is that the VK livery on this Stratos is a rip-off of the famous Alitalia livery these cars are best remembered in.

[GregSteer]

Hi,

Grabbed some shots of Steves WRC Focus at the Malcolm Wilson rally in Cumbria two weeks ago. Apologies for the quality - first time really trying to shoot a rally with my 350D - was using a borrowed 90-300mm Canon.

(lets hope this linking works)

http://www.fundamentalchaos.org.uk/images/IMG_2975.jpg

http://www.fundamentalchaos.org.uk/images/IMG_2976.jpg

http://www.fundamentalchaos.org.uk/images/IMG_3177.jpg

[asylumxl]

great capture on number 8 - you caught someone elses flash firing lol.

[south_paw]

Some fantastic looking shots here guys! Hey photonick are you pre-focusing for your shots or just auto-focusing and firing away? I've got a 70-200 F/4L on the way this week, just in time for a rally coming up in about 3 weeks. Super excited, can't wait to see how she performs. I had a cheapo (like $75 US cheap) Sigma 70-300 lens that performed okay when pre-focused, but had a hard locking on and tracking cars when set to autofocus, at least on my 10D. Once again, great pics and happy rallying.

[photonick]

Some fantastic looking shots here guys! Hey photonick are you pre-focusing for your shots or just auto-focusing and firing away? I've got a 70-200 F/4L on the way this week, just in time for a rally coming up in about 3 weeks. Super excited, can't wait to see how she performs. I had a cheapo (like $75 US cheap) Sigma 70-300 lens that performed okay when pre-focused, but had a hard locking on and tracking cars when set to autofocus, at least on my 10D. Once again, great pics and happy rallying.

South_paw, you should have no problem at all using the a1 servo focus, just try and keep it on the same point of the car and track it for a few seconds before shooting. I have never needed to pre-focus since having the D-SLR.
Oh and thanks for the comments.

[south_paw]

Great! Thanks for the help

[ZJChaser]

love #3. The flash firing in 8 is just great timing as well.