The 2011 Malton Forest Rally

I have not Photoshopped these, it really was Sunny in North Yorkshire in early Novemeber


As always this proved to be a superb event and a nice warm up for the Roger Albert Clark Rally in a few weeks....not forgetting the Grizedale Stages too!

1. Overall winners Charlie Payne & Craig Thorley in a Ford Focus WRC.

The sausage rolls were excellent, and the sarnies even better .

Great stuff Geoff. The shot of Petch's Accent is superb. You should've posted the Avenger shot!

Simon.

Very nice, shame about the person in the background of the last two.

Having seen Simon's YouTube video I'm guessing that's Simon in the background and you're the bloke who got a bit of a fright when the Opel rolled at the exit of the corner?

Does the Focus have fake lights in or the lights taped up?

Spot on in all departments Geoff,love the way you have superb sharpness yet wheels are blurred ,superb.

Porka shot is my favourite here,and that 200 f2.8 is a sharp one !

DazJW wrote in post #13371396
Very nice, shame about the person in the background of the last two.

Having seen Simon's YouTube video I'm guessing that's Simon in the background and you're the bloke who got a bit of a fright when the Opel rolled at the exit of the corner?

Does the Focus have fake lights in or the lights taped up?

Yes it's Mr H and yes it's me in the video. In reality, the car ended up a good 10 metres from me but as Simon will no doubt agree i'm very twitchy when shooting Rallies and will start to move when others stand their ground.

As for the Focus, they're just normal lights i would think. "Fake" ones wouldn't be allowed for the road sections.

chrispons wrote in post #13371630
Spot on in all departments Geoff,love the way you have superb sharpness yet wheels are blurred ,superb.

Porka shot is my favourite here,and that 200 f2.8 is a sharp one !

The 200 f2.8 is a superb lens and a bit of a bargain. I got mine "used" but in reality it's as good as new for under £500....As for the sharpness / wheel blur combination, the standard issue 1/320th only fails in really slow corners. However it loses me a few shots as i've got used to a monopod with the bigger lenses and my hand-held technique is a bit off at the moment.

Simon Harrison wrote in post #13371312
The sausage rolls were excellent, and the sarnies even better .

Great stuff Geoff. The shot of Petch's Accent is superb. You should've posted the Avenger shot!

Simon.

Glad you enjoyed the food mr Spielberg I'll stick the Avenger shot up just for you...

Nice set and what a great backdrop the Autumn colours make in the first two

GAZA62 wrote in post #13371764
Nice set and what a great backdrop the Autumn colours make in the first two

Cheers . Am i asking too much to have similar weather for the Grizedale Stages and the Roger Albert Clark Rally?.....probably.


As requested by Simon...now that's what i call concentration!

Better to move when you don't need to than not move when you do!
It must just be the way the light is hitting the lights, it looked like duct tape or those rallycross style sticker lights.

DazJW wrote in post #13371794
It must just be the way the light is hitting the lights, it looked like duct tape or those rallycross style sticker lights.

I've just had a looked at the original files at full size...it's actually condensation on the inside of the lights!

That'd explain what I was seeing then, cheers.

Really like that Avenger shot - the clarity on the crews faces is just superb.

Hope you don't mind me posting the link (I'll remove it if you want), but click below to see the video you can see me filming in some of Geoff's photos: -

http://youtu.be/_qC_s-gGjvA

Cheers,

Simon.

Simon Harrison wrote in post #13371894
Really like that Avenger shot - the clarity on the crews faces is just superb.

Hope you don't mind me posting the link (I'll remove it if you want), but click below to see the video you can see me filming in some of Geoff's photos: -

http://youtu.be/_qC_s-gGjvA

Cheers,

Simon.

I don't mind at all

Cheers for that Geoff ,will try 320th this weekend on Rally GB and see what happens.

Evening Geoff, as per norm cracking set !!!

I did enjoy Simon`s footage a little more I have to say... might have something to do with seeing you running for cover.....

Hopefully see you out and about in the next month or so

Alan

Great shots and quality, #1 and #4 being my favourites.