WRC Rally Norway

[jbanbury]

Just about managed to warm the fingers enough to process a few images from an incredibly cold event. The temperature at Shakedown was -26 ... so cold that the zoom froze on the 70-200 and I had to scrape the ice out of the viewfinder on the MKIII between each car!

All in all a brilliant event ...

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Lots more photos on my website http://www.rally-shots.com for those interested.

Thanks for looking.

[Pete Owen]

Nice shots Jay,been looking forward to seeing these :D
Would love to go,although -26 sounds a touch cold for me! :lol:
Pete

[Apexer]

Love all the shots, especially the studded tires in the FG. Great work !

[chrispons]

Better than nice,superb mix of shots,really gives a great flavour Jay.

An amazing event and been watching on Sky ,so quick !

That new Skoda looks a piece of kit .

Talk soon,
Pons

[buckas]

Nice shots Jay - been looking forward to seeing these ones

drew

[petris]

Great capture, i like a lot 5 and 7. How you can find all places with only norweigian flags? :D
I could imagine what is photography in -26 :D i am not worried about things, only my feet and fingers ;)
It is great to have again one "real" winter rally in wrc calendar.

[Big Ant]

Wonderful stuff Jay

#5 and #7 for me, -26! at least my elbows wouldn't get wet:lol:

Some superb shots on your site

[Semmonka]

Good looking shots.
Some people say that Finns are crazy but man you gotta be insane to shoot in temperatures like that :lol:
You should have done a deal with canon for a "field test" trip ;)

[Davy O'Brien]

Very nice set, some excellent shots on your website also.

Dave.

[mullenswrc]

Fantastic shots. 7 is wicked, I love it.

[ukactionsports]

Awesome series. Thanks for showing!

[darren h]

Cracking set as always Jay and it looks like it's a place i'll have to fit in sometime. A good mix of "Jay" shots showing something different. Would also like to see some closer, rear quarter panel bashing snow bank shots if you have some :-)

[jim9449]

Fantastic stuff Jay, brass monkey weather:lol:
Jim

[KiwiRallyFan]

Very nice photos, I like them all. I must admit that snow rallies look very picturesque from the middle of a southern hemisphere summer, but I'm not sure I'd like to be out there taking photos in -26C!

[Tom944]

Superb! Love them, especially 7!

[LowriderS10]

excellent shots of what is quite possibly the coolest (no pun intended) of all motorsports!

[jac31k]

Mate...awesome.

Those shots gave me goosebumps! Thanks!

[PurelySwift]

Amazing shots!

[Charles Richards]

great shots. You inspire me to always try to take good photos, no matter the conditions! (-26 is WAY cold!)

[RoryOD]

Hi Jay, good to see you back and warmed up. cheers for the reply on the PM. was on your site soon afterwards. great stuff. nice one of a yellow evo i think smothered in snow :-) great shots as always.

Rory

[willy b]

Love them all, a great perspective of the action of a wrc event!

6 and 7 do it for me!

[kipper]

Great work Jay. Like the series especially the variety of shots capturing both action and atmosphere of the rally. A demanding environment in which to work well done.

[restyles]

Lovely shots. Fantastic backdrops. The Norwegian flag is the perfect colour too !!!

Richard S

[Paul Gerrard]

Jay a breath of fresh air, what a great mix of images on the site!!!!

Regards

Paul

[jbanbury]

Thanks for the comments everyone, appreciate you taking the time :)

[Sega]

very nice and crisp pics

[john Lee]

Hi Jay - I also have been looking forward to seeing these.
You always post the most editorially useable images on this site.
To often, all I see is a collection of frame filled rally cars, which might only appeal to the competitors.
I assume you are submitting these to various picture desks, and agencies?
If not, you ought to look into that market.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work - john.

[jbanbury]

Cheers John

I'm always on the look out for keen editors :)

[chd dad]

Those are some incredible shots! I love the different perspectives you provided. Very nice work in those conditions.