F1 Singapore Night Race

[LawrenceRigby]

Hi all - I know this race was some time ago now, but I've only just had the chance to upload some pictures. I tried to get some unique shots but it was really hard to capture any 'action' because of the fences - and generally most of my pictures came from practice sessions because of the crowds.

It was a really great weekend - and there were loads of great opportunities for photos in Singapore. Not only was there the race itself but there were some good music shows afterwards not to mention the sights of Singapore including the zoo! I had walk about tickets to the race, and although it was busy you could feasibly walk everywhere and get shots from different corners. Sadly there were a lot of fences, and if I had a slightly longer lens (I was using a 70-200 f4) then I wouldn't have had a problem at all.


In general I was shooting at f4, and usually around 1200-1600 ISO (on a 30d). As a result the pictures are a bit noisy, but I was surprised that any came out at all!

http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing1.JPG
This was in the support paddock before the BMW Pacific Race

http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing2.JPG
Lewis Hamilton during Practice

http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing3.JPG
Another shot during F1 Practice. One of the Toyotas (I'm not sure which) was attacking the kerbs really aggressively

http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing4.JPG
You could wait outside the paddock before the F1 sessions each day and you would see many of the drivers turning up. Here we have Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet arriving - amusingly they were practically running to avoid their fans - in fact they wouldn't sign anything. Could do with being sharper, but I like it as I think it's funny!

http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing5.JPG
Here's an overhead shot. Uniquely you could board the singapore flyer (it's like the London Eye) to get a view of the circuit from the air. Absolutely awesome

http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing6.JPG
A view of the Pit Straight from the flyer

http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing7.JPG
A view of the marina bay from the flyer. I was disappointed not to get any cars in these shots


http://www.rigbys.net/files/photos/sing8.JPG
In the support paddock before the Aston Martin Asia Cup. These cars sounded fantastic!

[shakewell]

some nice shots

need more cars but i undersatnd the fences are annoying for F1

[NTHEWIND]

Nice shots, I enjoyed them all.

[justincase724]

Not bad considering what you're up against. How was that artificial light for shooting? I must say, it looked great on tv, but I imagined that it would be a pain for photographers.

[Daniel_B]

Like the blue flames in the Toyota exhaust. Driven by Jarno Trulli too btw (red markings on TV camera give it away).

[Shaggy]

wow, 5, 6 and 7 are awesome! love night races!

[LawrenceRigby]

Thanks for the comments.

Yeh, the lighting was tough but I guess it was extremely bright and so at least it made photography possible... It wasn't really an option to pan though because the fences kind of got in the way.

[RadAL]

your photos aren't loading?

[ImperialRed]

That's because this thread is 3 years old.