2007 North Humberside Forest Rally

I was able to make it down to the North Yorkshire forests just outside Whitby for one of the stages of the 2007 North Humberside Forest Rally. Gutted I couldn't stay for the second running of the stage, but had a cracking time none the less. Fairly misty early on, and cold as well but surprisingly the stages were dry and dust was my biggest problem. Anyway, on to some pictures....

#1 Immacculate Nova running in the 1400 class at the head of the field.

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excellent Simon.

the dust being kicked up gives them some added rally flavoured spice!

Great shots Simon, Like #3 the hyundai "landscape shot" something abit different

Great stuff SImon. As Dave said the dust really frames the shot well

Great shots, really nice and crisp.
How did you find a section with no people for number 3 that's great

Awesome shots,nice and crisp,Escort mk2 my fave

Very nice Simon, I see from the shot of Hugh Hunter and Damian Cole you must have been near the start of the stage, for a no spectator stage there were plenty there


Cheers
Ian

Ian_H wrote in post #2967232
Very nice Simon, I see from the shot of Hugh Hunter and Damian Cole you must have been near the start of the stage, for a no spectator stage there were plenty there

Cheers
Ian

Thanks Ian. Hugh and Damian made it about 300 or 400 yards into stage before their off. I could see through the viewfinder they were going a bit quicker than everyone else through to that point, and that they were quite a bit wider. I got a good showering with dust and stones from them, and when it cleared wasn't too surprised to see them in the ditch on the opposite side of the road.

As far as spectators, there would be less than half a dozen where I was, and there was only about 4 or 5 walked passed me prior to the stage going live. The majority of people seemed to have been at the other end of the stage.

Cheers,

Simon.

Dave_G wrote in post #2965221
excellent Simon.

the dust being kicked up gives them some added rally flavoured spice!

Thanks Dave. Must admit that I do like the dust in the background as well. Had to clean all my gear though afterwards .

Cheers,

Simon.

Simon, what shutter speed was used for the closer shots? I see you've managed to get nice wheel blur there. Did you use 1/320th or similar?

Thanks,

Cliff

klippe wrote in post #2969996
Simon, what shutter speed was used for the closer shots? I see you've managed to get nice wheel blur there. Did you use 1/320th or similar?

Thanks,

Cliff

Hi Cliff.

All of the shots were taken at either 1/250s or 1/320s, the latter being about the fastest shutter speed I would use for a 3/4 pan.

Cheers,

Simon.

Very nice as per usual Simon

darren h wrote in post #2965379
Great shots Simon, Like #3 the hyundai "landscape shot" something abit different

Thanks Darren.

Spotted the clean background in #3 and thought I would see what I could get. If I was to take it again, I would probably re-position the car in the frame a little (it's a bit too central for me) by using a different AF point.

Cheers,

Simon.

Really nice set, but the ford puma has got to be one of the ugliest cars I have ever seen.

Great stuff Simon, nice blurry backgrounds too. Are these taken at 300mm?