F1 testing day at Silverstone

[Alan B]

I had another fantastic day at the test day.

Spent most of it in the pits :cool: :D

These are IMO my best m,sport pics yet.I'm really happy with them :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :D

Check out the heat haze in this one :cool:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8x0x8&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8x0x7&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8x0jf&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8x0xq&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8x0j5&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

If you would like to see the rest,then feel free to click in here
http://alanbryant-motorsport-photography.fotopic.net/

:D

[gmen]

Good stuff Alan. #4 is a bit special... sweet low angle.

[Alan B]

Good stuff Alan. #4 is a bit special... sweet low angle.

:D Thanks.To get that one i did the get down on the floor style(in the pit lane).Heres another one from the same angle :cool:

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8x0xo&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

Clicky here to see some of the drivers and the pit crew
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=70689

[Ian_H]

Great photos, I too like the low down ones, it's nice to get a different angle


Cheers
Ian

[PhotosGuy]

Excellent low angles!

[3oh6]

yup yup, gavin nailed it. #4 IS something special, it jumped off the screen as soon as this page loaded. that second one of the williams you posted from the same angle is nice but the crop in #4 seems to be SPOT on. the first one looks real good too, overall, real nice...but that #4 just hits me as soon as i see it, wow. good stuff mate!

[Wazza]

I can see why you like them. They are fantastic!!

[Alan B]

Thanks everyone :cool:

[Skip Souza]

Just the idea of being at Silverstone makes me shiver. I have fantasized about it ever since I first read about it many years ago.
The fourth pic is awesome.

[Littlenose]

agreeed... they are all really good pics, but number four jsut jumps out from the rest and makes mw say "wow" :D

[Cadwell]

Nice shots :) You're a braver man than I am, though. You wouldn't catch me lying down in the Silverstone pit lane, I'm usually looking over my shoulder in case I have to make a jump for it. :lol:

Just the idea of being at Silverstone makes me shiver. I have fantasized about it ever since I first read about it many years ago.


I'm sorry to say I think you would be disapointed in the reality of it. The place doesn't do British motor sport much credit. :(

[Skip Souza]

I'm sorry to say I think you would be disapointed in the reality of it. The place doesn't do British motor sport much credit. :(
" One year before, in 1954, when the newly-born Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix cars swam through the floods of Silverstone, England attached no great importance to the event. But now the picture was quite different. England's star Stirling Moss, drove a Mercedes car in the 1955 British Grand Prix ........................"
This was from the illustrated book The Big Race - The Story of Motor Racing by Ernest Rosemann and Carlo Demand.
I borrowed that book from my high school library in 1963 and I am looking at it at this moment.
My heroes were Moss, Fangio, Nuvolari, Ascari, and later Clark, Hill, Stewart and Mansell among others.
Even now, when I visit an old battle field I can still smell the gunpowder, hear the screams of the injured men and horses, feel the tension in the air.
It is the same with castor oil, burnt rubber, sweat and tears. It is a shame that we loose our great heritage.


But I digress. These are damn fine pics. Especially for an old fart like me.

[ajbalazic]

Great shots! As mentioned, the low angle view is terrific. The resulting blur on the near portion of the racetrack gives me the feeling I'm right there. Now, did you get an inside scoop from the Williams team if they have made any major changes/improvements? I sometimes think they do more testing on raceday than at the testing sessions.

[Alan B]

What they were doing was changing the tryes ALOT(every 6 laps).They must of been trying out different componds.Because as seen in this shot the middle of the trye looks very "scrubed".

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8x0xw&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

[Incomplete Pete]

Did you just have general public access? Didn't think everyone was allowed int he pitlane?

Cool shots by the way!

[Alan B]

No we had Team Guest passes.So that gives us access to the Whole of the track(not just Stowe corner).And access to the pits(where the vans and stuff are parked).

[Incomplete Pete]

Cool, how did you blag them? Any idea if press passes for test days are given out the same way the race passes are given out?

[PhotosGuy]

My heroes were Moss, Fangio, Nuvolari, Ascari, and later Clark, Hill, Stewart and Mansell among others.
Even now, when I visit an old battle field I can still smell the gunpowder, hear the screams of the injured men and horses, feel the tension in the air.
It is the same with castor oil, burnt rubber, sweat and tears. It is a shame that we loose our great heritage. Me too, Skip. Moss was my personal hero. He was here in the early '60s. What a wit! He borrowed a Lotus Elite & took 3 laps on our track which is very difficult to learn. 13 turns in 1-1/2 miles. 1 lap to learn the track, 1 lap to break the class record, & 1 lap to wave at the crowd!!! He even autographed my competition license! I remember reading about one race, "From 9th to Victory in 60 Laps", where the pit boards read, "Faster! Moss 40 sec!" (behind you). 40 sec behind & they were in a panic! Why not? He won that race by 56 seconds!
Nuvolari: What a LEGEND! Running a race at night in a underdog Alfa, maybe at the Nuremburg Ring or Mille Miglia, he turned his lights off so the Mercedes guys wouldn't see him coming. I think he won that one!
When the movie "Grand Prix" came out, we sat in the 12th row with a thermos of hot Castrol R so we could sniff it during the racing scenes. Too many great stories, & to few of those guys left.

[Alan B]

Any idea if press passes for test days are given out the same way the race passes are given out?

You can ONLY get a press pass if you work and supply pics to a magazine/motorsport website.

We were lucky at the test day.Because we "mingled" with them and some williams guest's :cool: .And by looking at some of there shots on some F1 websites from that day,i got better shots than them.I think i need a change my day job :lol: :cool:

[Incomplete Pete]

You can ONLY get a press pass if you work and supply pics to a magazine/motorsport website.

Will investigate, shouldn't be as strict as it is for race days when only the BIG agencies and papers get in.

[RAitch]

WOW!!! NICE SHOTS!!!

[superstar]

Those are sweet shots. Must be nice to live close to a track. I live close to a NASCAR track (Texas Motor Speedway), but it's really not the same.

Those kind of pictures are why I bought a good camera and hope to try and take.

Rich

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

These are absolutely fantastic shots! I'm just curious, what lens did you use?!?! Your 100-400L?

[Pugdaddy]

Just one more vote for #4. Frame that one and put it on your wall. I would.

[sixshot]

These are great, especially #4 with the low angle.

[Alan B]

These are absolutely fantastic shots! I'm just curious, what lens did you use?!?! Your 100-400L?

Sorry for the late reply :rolleyes:

Yeah i used my 100-400 for ALL the shots.That lens is fantastic :cool:

Oh and yes i'm going to print off that low down Jordan car shot in the pits for my future records to show what i can do,for a job in photography :cool: (thats my aim anyway :D ).

Thanks everyone :)

[Jimages]

Here is a link to my Website.

http://www.f1-jimages.co.uk/ (http://www.f1-jimages.co.uk/)

I use a Canon 10D with a Sigma 50-500 f4.3-6.5 lens.

[Scott-JL]

Excellent work Alan. This is the kind of benchmark I'd love to reach in my photography. :)

You planning on doing any of the other test days at Silverstone? I've been to the last couple but bad weather hampered both of them! :(

Scott