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BARC Championship Racing, Croft 19/20 July 2008

 
Simon ­ Harrison
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Jul 24, 2008 12:56 |  #1

I was also at Croft Circuit last weekend for the BARC Championship Race Weekend. The weather was mixed, but that did add a little excitement into some of the proceedings. Anyway, on to some pictures: -

#1 Formula Renault running wide at Sunny Out. Three red flags this lot had in their qualifying session.....

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#2 The sun came out for the Classic Clubmans qualifying on Saturday.
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#3 But it didn't last long, and the rain was falling within an hour or so.
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#4 These older Formula Renaults look much better than their more modern counterparts.
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#5 The VW Beetle of Ian Humpish at Tower
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#6 Formula Ford 1600 - now these were a pleasure to watch!
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#7 Some slightly more 'mature' touring cars!
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#8 Winner of the first Formula Renault race (Nathan Coulter) leads the winner of the second race (#27) into Tower Bend.
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All of the pictures were taken using a 1D mk II and a Sigma 500mm f4.5 lens. There's a whole pile more pictures from the weekend on my website (link in signature below) for those that are interested.

As usual, any comments or feedback would be most welcome.

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Simon.

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Jul 24, 2008 13:53 |  #2

Jeez simon, 1,2,4,6 and 8 for me. The colours are just so rich and appear absolutely spot on. The whites on no 6 do not look blown to me so how you've managed this i dont know (experience and spot on exposure probably!).

Do you shoot in manual mode and how much post processing, if any, do you do?
Would love to get to this level...think it may take a while though....if ever!

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Jul 24, 2008 18:33 |  #3

nice work simon.


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Jul 25, 2008 04:22 |  #4

ukjesters wrote in post #5976531 (external link)
Jeez simon, 1,2,4,6 and 8 for me. The colours are just so rich and appear absolutely spot on. The whites on no 6 do not look blown to me so how you've managed this i dont know (experience and spot on exposure probably!).

Do you shoot in manual mode and how much post processing, if any, do you do?
Would love to get to this level...think it may take a while though....if ever!

Regards
Rick

Thanks Rick.

I try to get eveything right in camera at the time of taking the picture. I shoot in raw, so everything is post processed in that sense. However, all I tend to do is very slight exposure tweaks - it is very rare that I do anything else. As for shooting manual, I did for a period on Saturday as the cars were running with headlights on. The majority of the time I shoot in Tv mode.

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Jul 25, 2008 04:40 as a reply to  @ Simon Harrison's post |  #5

All are superb shots..... shot 1 is captured dead on, what lens were these taken with ?

Was there myself on Sunday but home PC is dwn at moment so not able to get pictures off

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Jul 25, 2008 05:12 |  #6

All great shots there Simon. Ian will be pleased with your photo of his Beetle




  
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Jul 25, 2008 06:27 |  #7

lnk wrote in post #5981121 (external link)
All are superb shots..... shot 1 is captured dead on, what lens were these taken with ?

Was there myself on Sunday but home PC is dwn at moment so not able to get pictures off

Leigh

Thanks Leigh. All of these were taken with a Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG HSM.

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Jul 25, 2008 11:15 |  #8

All great sharp shots Simon and the colours are spot on, if I had to pick a favourite it would have to be the little ff


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Jul 25, 2008 12:32 |  #9

Brilliant work ,Simon.
You set the bar really high for us to aspire too.
Astonishing clarity of colours and sharpness.
The first shot is my favourite .
All are excellent.
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Jul 26, 2008 01:54 |  #10

petrolhead wrote in post #5981187 (external link)
All great shots there Simon. Ian will be pleased with your photo of his Beetle

Thanks Peter. I find the new shape Beetles very photogenic, although I think I preferred Ian's when he had it in the yellow and green livery a couple of years ago.

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Jul 26, 2008 01:55 |  #11

Ian_H wrote in post #5982757 (external link)
All great sharp shots Simon and the colours are spot on, if I had to pick a favourite it would have to be the little ff

Cheers
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Thanks Ian. I think the ff1600's were the highlight of Sunday after the BARC Clubmans for me.

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Jul 26, 2008 01:56 |  #12

chrispons wrote in post #5983147 (external link)
Brilliant work ,Simon.
You set the bar really high for us to aspire too.
Astonishing clarity of colours and sharpness.
The first shot is my favourite .
All are excellent.
Cheers,
Pons

Thanks Pons. Not bad for a mk II eh?

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Jul 26, 2008 05:21 |  #13

Very nice series with good colors, exposure and sense of speed.


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Jul 26, 2008 05:59 |  #14

All very good shots Simon, hard to pick a favourite but i think 2 & 4 for me


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