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Dave_G
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 20:00
Morning!

As usual, planning for this day out involved nothing other than charging the batteries for the 20D and getting ruined at the Red Lion. The weather forecast promised it was going to be dry so that was all we needed.

Got there in time for breakfast only to discover that the queue for the event was about a quarter of a mile down the A20, so that put a stop to bacon and eggs. The weather indeed did stay dry for this curious event (there were some other races going on, I'll sort that out later) and gave us some good light to play with. So anyway, here's some pics of the Time Attack cars. Kit as usual is the usual and PP is limited to a bit of sharpening of those shot through that damn fence at Druids. Hurrah!

What better way to start a thread. Bring on the panning!
http://images28.fotki.com/v1002/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_7442-vi.jpg

PinkLancer enters Druids
http://images29.fotki.com/v1006/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_8144-vi.jpg

Lisa Diamond's Skyline doing Clearways
http://images29.fotki.com/v1006/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_8684-vi.jpg

Silly fast Impreza coming into Clearways
http://images29.fotki.com/v1010/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_8626-vi.jpg

Eye-busting Evo. Is this a pan?
http://images29.fotki.com/v1009/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_7634-vi.jpg

£3.50Z at the bottom of Paddock Hill
http://images29.fotki.com/v1005/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_8284-vi.jpg

Mitsubishi getting on with it
http://images27.fotki.com/v991/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_8646-vi.jpg

And finally, what better way to end a thread than with a pan, with some fire in it.
http://images29.fotki.com/v1017/photos/1/105162/5346532/IMG_7468-vi.jpg

Will do some kind of nonsense gallery soon, if I can find some more shots that don't suck as much as these ones.
Jim G
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 20:19
A nice assortment of cars and shots... can't say I'm a real fan of that pink colour on a lancer, mind you ;)
smcclelland
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 20:52
Excellent shots, the colour and IQ is astonishing! The orange Evo and the final picture really stand out for me, makes me wish we had as much motorsports action over in these parts. Did you boost the colours some or is that mostly out of camera?
khall
2nd of September 2007 (Sun), 21:59
Eight of the best, all top shots, clean, colourfull and pin sharp.

Thanks for posting.
Pete
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 04:31
Nice nice angles.. Good n' sharp too.

I may bore people with the beetles later on.
colinburke
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 04:45
Great colours and sharpness.
Dave_G
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 13:45
Excellent shots, the colour and IQ is astonishing! The orange Evo and the final picture really stand out for me, makes me wish we had as much motorsports action over in these parts. Did you boost the colours some or is that mostly out of camera?

Nope those are straight out of the camera! :cool:
Canon_For_Life
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 14:17
what lense did you use? these are great shots
Dave_G
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 14:21
1, 5 and 8 were with my Sigma 70-200 EX, the others were with my Sigma 120-300 EX, with a 1.4x TC.
Joffan
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 14:47
I need to grab you for 5 minutes at Brands next Sunday if you're there Dave. Need to have a look at your colour settings. And talk about metering modes cos I hit factory defaults by mistake and lost all my careful set up...
smcclelland
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 15:05
Nope those are straight out of the camera! :cool:

Wow... that's very impressive! Do you boost your saturation from within the camera? You've got me intrigued as those are some of the most vibrant and sharp colours I have seen yet shot from a Sigma lens without any colour boost PP!
Dave_G
3rd of September 2007 (Mon), 19:19
I need to grab you for 5 minutes at Brands next Sunday if you're there Dave. Need to have a look at your colour settings. And talk about metering modes cos I hit factory defaults by mistake and lost all my careful set up...

Sure mate no problem, although I doubt there will be much fiddling to be done...see below. I always use Evaluative metering as well.

Wow... that's very impressive! Do you boost your saturation from within the camera? You've got me intrigued as those are some of the most vibrant and sharp colours I have seen yet shot from a Sigma lens without any colour boost PP!

Saturation, contrast and sharpness in-camera are all +1 - so nothing really to write home about.

Sigma make some lenses that have got outrageously good optics, two of which are the 70-200f2.8 EX and the 120-300f2.8 EX - never write them off! These are expensive lenses so you would expect them to perform and they do.
Dave_G
4th of September 2007 (Tue), 10:36
Gallery now up, it's here (http://davegalpin.fotki.com/events/motorsport/brands_hatch/2007/time-attack-finals/) ;)
SuperDan
4th of September 2007 (Tue), 10:55
Dave some very nice photos, I was planning on going to brands that weekend too, but went to the Goodwood Revival instead with a little help from a friend, mentioning no names jon, many thanks by the way...
Photos #2 and #8 do it for me

Danny
Joffan
4th of September 2007 (Tue), 11:55
but went to the Goodwood Revival instead with a little help from a friend, mentioning no names jon, many thanks by the way...

Danny

<bows>

Don't thank me, thank my source of free tickets for most meetings in the South! ;)

Actually no. Thank me.
Dave_G
4th of September 2007 (Tue), 12:45
thank him, yes indeed. in his own thread ;) haha