After 20 something years I've finally broken my rally duck. The weather was awful, thunderstorms and pouring rain mixed in with a little sun and high humidity. Couple of Err 99 on the 5D3 and ISO 1250 outdoors during daylight hours !
But never mind any of that, it was an epic day. So much to learn about photographing rallying. Not as simple to change vantage points for example. Miss them the first time and they don't come back around.
If you have never done one, then get out there. Amazing the number of people that just didn't get the concept of it is a race track which car on the edge of stability going as fast as they can.
Anyway ... pictures ...
1. Seems to slow down you fish tail the rear end and as the back goes light over the crest you can brake late in to the 90 right at the bottom on this shot.
2. The tree cover created some wonderful pools of light although trying to balance out the highlights had me scratching my head a few times
3. Great cross section of cars running including a 1966 Ford Anglia
4. and a similar age MK2 Ford Cortina (my Dad had the 1300 Delux version complete with 4 foot gear lever)
5. Stalwart of Rallying the world over, the MK1 Ford Escort
6. Everything, including a Talbot Sunbeam. Can't be more than a handful of these still running, let alone as fast as this one was going
7. Didn't get a shot as airborne as the editor requested although several of the cars had a good go at it. Most that got daylight under the wheels had "an adrenalin filled moment" immediately afterwards. Titanium Testi .... No that is Clare Rix driving
Next time I'll remember to ... get there even earlier. Walk out to the furthest point and make my way back towards the car. Note the registration numbers and race numbers, for after a few stages you can't read the race numbers.
CC always welcomed ... Cheers Dave
