Wyedean Forest Rally - 2009 - Serridge

[darren h]

Some pics from the Wyedean Forest Rally yesterday and very glad the event still ran after the event had nearly been cancelled. Never seen so much snow on the stages in a long time and a shame we don't get more snow for rallying. All comment welcome.

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http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1895/wyedean1ad7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3475/wyedean4yk3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[996c2]

The yellow proton used to be mine! Will put my pics up later. Cheers

[Paul Gerrard]

A little white balance perhaps....

Looks far too warm...

Paul

[Big Ant]

Good stuff Darren, is that junction 3? CBL filter? Very nice lighting and colour

Warm, it was bloody freezing:lol:

[darren h]

The yellow proton used to be mine! Will put my pics up later. Cheers

Its a very nice car indeed

A little white balance perhaps....

Looks far too warm...

Paul

Cheers for the comments Paul, looks fine on my monitor although the sun was shining through the trees hence some of the bright colours. Would be nice for any other comments on the colour, maybe my monitor needs calibrating

Good stuff Darren, is that junction 3? CBL filter? Very nice lighting and colour

Warm, it was bloody freezing:lol:

Hi Ant yes it was J3 on SS2. Funnily enough i didn't use a CBL and nothing was done differently than i normally do with the images. Any other comments on Colour/too warm etc will be appreciated, always looking to improve. Cheers Ant

[Cadwell]

They do look a little warm, Darren. None of mine are blurry or out of focus enough to post on POTN so I won't bother ;) , but for comparison with your #1 (taken from more or less the same time and place)

http://www.racepicsuk.com/p56292532.html

Nice sequence of shots BTW.

[darren h]

They do look a little warm, Darren. None of mine are blurry or out of focus enough to post on POTN so I won't bother ;) , but for comparison with your #1 (taken from more or less the same time and place)

http://www.racepicsuk.com/p56292532.html

Nice sequence of shots BTW.

Cheers Glen, good to meet you yesterday. I've adjusted the images and re-loaded them

[darren h]

I've adjusted the images slightly and re-loaded them so hopefully they are still colouful but not quite as warm. Thanks for the comments

[jbanbury]

Good to see you again too Darren ... dont know how you cope with Phil & Geoff all day!

The images look better now, they looked a little warm to me as well before. Looks like you found your trademark 'low down angle' again :)

[chrispons]

What a glorious series Darren,excellent.
1 is the pick for me,and I do like 4.
Made your long journey worthwhile,sorry we didn't meet ,but another time.
Pons

[darren h]

Good to see you again too Darren ... dont know how you cope with Phil & Geoff all day!

The images look better now, they looked a little warm to me as well before. Looks like you found your trademark 'low down angle' again :)

Cheers Jay, not too sure why they were too saturated at first, didn't seem to do anything different from the norm. Have fun in the Snow at the WRC event



What a glorious series Darren,excellent.
1 is the pick for me,and I do like 4.
Made your long journey worthwhile,sorry we didn't meet ,but another time.
Pons

Many thanks again Pons, i'm sure we'll meet up soon, maybe for a bit of fishing too in the summer. Wasn't too sure at first if the little yellow Vee Dub was gonna head towards us

[jim9449]

Great set Darren, love the VW shot looks like low was a bit hazardous on that one;)
Jim

[darren h]

Great set Darren, love the VW shot looks like low was a bit hazardous on that one;)
Jim

Many thanks Jim, i was hiding behind a couple of trees for a bit of protection :D Have you had any events recently?

[Pete Owen]

Very nice :D
Love the ascona especially.....shame Mr Collins left his at home :(
Pete

[darren h]

Very nice :D
Love the ascona especially.....shame Mr Collins left his at home :(
Pete

Cheers Pete, yes i was looking forward to seeing Mr Collins out in the red Ascona again, a real shame :cry:

[GSH]

All v nice Darren with my favourites being the MK2 (predictable or what?) and the Ascona.

Could you do myself & Simon favour and arrange for the snow to hang around on the Moors for the Riponian? :D

[darren h]

All v nice Darren with my favourites being the MK2 (predictable or what?) and the Ascona.

Could you do myself & Simon favour and arrange for the snow to hang around on the Moors for the Riponian? :D

Cheers Geoff, i've brought some back up with me :lol:

[BALDY]

Great Set Darren, the VW looked like it was getting close.

BALDY..

[jim9449]

Many thanks Jim, i was hiding behind a couple of trees for a bit of protection :D Have you had any events recently?


Was at a washed out Rally Ireland here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=639741)
Jim

[darren h]

Great Set Darren, the VW looked like it was getting close.

BALDY..

Cheers Craig, yes i think it was the closest but we did have a couple of trees to stand behind :)

Was at a washed out Rally Ireland here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=639741)
Jim

Such a shame the weather was awful Jim, bet you'd be looking forward to it for a while. You've got no chance to getting much more than what you've got with bad conditions like that, no fun at all :cry:

[Simon Harrison]

Great stuff Darren. Hope we get at least some of the snow we're forecast for tonight, and then that it stays cold for next weekend. I doubt, however, that we'll be that lucky and we'll probably just end up being ankle deep in clarts again :lol:

[darren h]

Great stuff Darren. Hope we get at least some of the snow we're forecast for tonight, and then that it stays cold for next weekend. I doubt, however, that we'll be that lucky and we'll probably just end up being ankle deep in clarts again :lol:

Many thanks Simon. It was certainly good to shooting in decent snow conditions and would be great if we could have some in Yorkshire for next weekend but as you say it'll probably be rain by then and up to the knees in mud :cry:

[kipper]

Nice work Darren. Suspect the white stuff will be long gone before the Riponian. :(

[darren h]

Nice work Darren. Suspect the white stuff will be long gone before the Riponian. :(

Cheers Kipper, i supect your right and it'll be lovely Yorkshire rain :cry:

[jon.s]

Good work again! the lupo and Dave Jenkins Escort WRC are the two that stands out for me though

Regards,
Jon.S

[darren h]

Good work again! the lupo and Dave Jenkins Escort WRC are the two that stands out for me though

Regards,
Jon.S

Cheers Jon, thanks for the comments

[Kevbuts]

Great series Darren. Particularly like the focus shot from very low level. Were you laying on the snow for that one? Great to see some cars racing in the snow.

[photonick]

Nice and sharp Darren, but a bit samey. Were you there for the Celica moment? I always assume the next corner will be better and end up walking the stage:o (It rarely is) :)

[996c2]

I built and drove the yellow proton! Great pics!

[GSH]

Cheers Kipper, i supect your right and it'll be lovely Yorkshire rain :cry:

4 inches deep in one of the stages up to today...

Myself & Simon are off scouting a few of the stages on Friday morning so weather reports will be forthcoming :)

[darren h]

Great series Darren. Particularly like the focus shot from very low level. Were you laying on the snow for that one? Great to see some cars racing in the snow.

Cheers Kev

Nice and sharp Darren, but a bit samey. Were you there for the Celica moment? I always assume the next corner will be better and end up walking the stage:o (It rarely is) :)

Cheers Nick

I built and drove the yellow proton! Great pics!

Thanks 996c2

4 inches deep in one of the stages up to today...

Myself & Simon are off scouting a few of the stages on Friday morning so weather reports will be forthcoming :)

Really gutted the rally was cancelled Geoff, such a shame with a good entry too :cry:

[Simon Harrison]

Let's hope that they can get it re-arranged and attract the same sort of entry. If nothing else, it might help with entries for the NHFR on the 28/02.

Simon.

[darren h]

Let's hope that they can get it re-arranged and attract the same sort of entry. If nothing else, it might help with entries for the NHFR on the 28/02.

Simon.

Totally agree Simon, apparently the entry list for the NHFR could do with some extra entries ;)

[rugnugdo]

Nice pic of my ol' man, car number 4 - like it! shame he didnt take snow tyres and had to retire!