Pirelli International ... My Take

[jbanbury]

A few photos from Friday and Saturdays Pirelli Rally .... would go as far to say my favorite event of the year so far. The majority were taken with the 'too slow for motorsport' 5DMKII which incidentially beats my 1DMKIII hands down for focus accuracy.

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/IMG_2942.jpg

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/IMG_3954.jpg

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/IMG_3936.jpg

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/1D3_7188.jpg

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/IMG_3193.jpg

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/1D3_6915.jpg

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/IMG_2969.jpg

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http://www.rally-shots.com/Albums/Misc/Albums/Album46/Source/1D3_6789.jpg

More on my website http://www.rally-shots.com for those interested.

[D.A.]

Even "not sports camera & lousy AF" can take that good pictures. I'll like much more that pictures from Portugal rally. Saw a few better on your site. Still, great captures here, and Hyundai is my no 1.
My first rally has been canceled and rest are very ? for this season (due to simple reason - no money and just 10-15 drivers in the whole country - who are not professionals (mostly) just an amateur drivers).
I think i need to go to UK or somewhere else.

[rich_cooper]

Another good set Jay, Better once on the website from the rally but they still good.

Proton looks super ( well looked super :( )

[Big Ant]

Nice set Jay, great lighting and plenty of action

Love the shot of the Imp on your site:D

[Rhodri.Lew10]

Cracking stuff Jay, well worth the long drive. The shot of Wilks is my favourite here, you can see the determination in his eyes - real shame how it ended for him.

Agree with chaps above, some absolutely stunning shots on the website and for a man who says "I don't do 3/4 shots", if I could take some as good as that I'd be delighted!

All the best,

Rhod.

[andreasthess]

Nice set.

@jbanbury
Because of my bad english,i did not understand if the 5MkII is slow in autofocusing during motorsports shooting,or if you call it "slow" because of the low fps.Can you please make it easier to understand?

[petris]

Nice set.

@jbanbury
Because of my bad english,i did not understand if the 5MkII is slow in autofocusing during motorsports shooting,or if you call it "slow" because of the low fps.Can you please make it easier to understand?

I join the team :D Please try to explain as simply as possible:o

BTW. Nice shots... Saab for me..

[sector-1]

As ever you produce something others don't always see.
Great shots if I had to pick favourites it would have to be 4,5 and 7, purely because I'm an oldish git and I love yesteryears cars and not a procession of Subarus, Focus's and citreons.
I love #3 purely because of those crazy kids, we've all stood (still do) in 'darwin award' places :)

[Rallytim]

great set of pictures as ever Jay

[jbanbury]

Another good set Jay, Better once on the website from the rally but they still good.

Proton looks super ( well looked super :( )

Cheers Rich, maybe I should take more care when choosing which images to post on here from the selection I put on my site.

Nice set Jay, great lighting and plenty of action

Love the shot of the Imp on your site:D

Thanks Ant. Shame you couldnt make it mate ... like I said best event I've done this year.

Cracking stuff Jay, well worth the long drive. The shot of Wilks is my favourite here, you can see the determination in his eyes - real shame how it ended for him.

Agree with chaps above, some absolutely stunning shots on the website and for a man who says "I don't do 3/4 shots", if I could take some as good as that I'd be delighted!

All the best,

Rhod.

Cheers Rhod, appreciate the comments about the stuff on the website. I thought I'd try a few 3/4 ish type shots for a change .. pretty happy with the results.

What I do find odd is that the images on here dont look anywhere near as sharp as the ones that are hosted on my website. Maybe photobucket are doing some kind of compression on them. Anyone suggest a new file hosted service?

I join the team :D Please try to explain as simply as possible:o

BTW. Nice shots... Saab for me..

I'm constantly reading that the 5DMKII isnt that great for sports photography due to it's AF and FPS performance. Well my 5D will be my primary camera for all events from now on.

As ever you produce something others don't always see.
Great shots if I had to pick favourites it would have to be 4,5 and 7, purely because I'm an oldish git and I love yesteryears cars and not a procession of Subarus, Focus's and citreons.
I love #3 purely because of those crazy kids, we've all stood (still do) in 'darwin award' places :)

Cheers :D, you just cant beat historic cars ... they are just so photogenic!

great set of pictures as ever Jay

Cheers Tim, it's certainly the sharpest set of photos I've ever returned from a rally with.

[petrolhead]

Interesting shots

Do you not preserve the EXIF info on them :p

[jbanbury]

No I always save them to web in PS ... just re-hosted the images (away from photobucket) which now look much better.

[petris]

I'm constantly reading that the 5DMKII isnt that great for sports photography due to it's AF and FPS performance. Well my 5D will be my primary camera for all events from now on.

- are you bought 5D again?

[jbanbury]

Petris you're confusing me now!

Yes I have both a 1DMKIII and a 5DMKII.

[Big Ant]

Thanks Ant. Shame you couldnt make it mate ... like I said best event I've done this year.

Sorry Jay but the birth of my son took place just a SS1 started on Friday:lol:

[jbanbury]

Congratulations mate ... will give you a bell later :)

[andreasthess]

Sorry Jay but the birth of my son took place just a SS1 started on Friday:lol:

Congratulations!!!:D

[Ian_H]

Stunning set of shots Jay, like you say a great weekend, I've never laughed so much for a long time, hope the drive home wasn't too bad.




Sorry Jay but the birth of my son took place just a SS1 started on Friday:lol:


Congratulations Ant


Cheers
Ian

[jim9449]

Great set Jay, your usual high standard of arty shots.

Congratulations Ant on your new baby boy.

Jim

[chrispons]

Congrats Ant and your good lady on your new arrival.

Jay,
Looks like I missed a cracker,love the Escort shot with the backdrop,and the little Imp.

Some super images,usual slightly differant stuff.

Pons

[gonças]

LMAO at the kids in #3

I like the fiesta puncture picture a lot!

[jon.s]

Good variation again Jay,

7&8 for me top stuff!

Colours look a bit off in 1 though i must say?
Shame #3 isnt a bunch of Page 3 lasses and facing you ;-) LOL

Regards,
Jon.S

[jbanbury]

Cheers Jon

Colours a bit off? Think it might be time to calibrate your monitor mate.

As for the page 3 girls, the nearest I got was Simon, Wayne and Ben!

[jon.s]

only the colours in 1 look off on here some of the white looks like it has a strong grey hint over it close to the burning of an image kind of thing.

Monitor is calibrated every 4 weeks ;-)

Somerset this weekend? some good spots running ;-)

Regards,
Jon.S

[jbanbury]

Can only preume that was caused by the car hitting the shade. I calibrate mine every Monday, you have to to ensure it stays in-line.

Yeah I'll be down for the Somerset .. no idea where I'm heading yet, last year ended up at crap spots!

[kipper]

Nice work and variety as ever, like the set no particular fav. Got to agree best rally so far and Kielder lived up to its killer reputation.

[KevB]

Great set Jay. The lighting is spot on :D

Congrats Ant. Hope he sleeps better than my boy does :lol:

Kev

[AzzA]

Cracking stuff mate. lol #3 I want those pinky gloves ha. One each too, nice touch.

Possibly #4 could do with a bit more contrast? mmm maybe being bit picky now. #5 is stunning, cracking balance with the light.

[AzzA]

Does the monitor calibration make a big difference? Everyones monitor is different so everyone sees something different anyway, s'pose it just with prints etc?

[Simon Harrison]

Great set Jay - I like each and everyone of these a lot. Your positioning of the car in the frame is excellent.

Cheers,

Simon.