It's not luck, it's skill ;)

Hello
I've just bought a 450D specifically to take to the British Grand Prix, and this was taken on the first days shooting.

It was the Friday practice. Alonso's Renault had just dropped its guts at the end of Hanger Straight, so there was a reasonable chance someone would get caught out.

and Massa did.

You should have sold it to Autosport... No-one got photos of the impact... Could have upgraded the 450D straight away!

As for "skill" moments this one is hard to beat for me. 5fps shooting and only 1 of them had any fire in it

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Not a Motorsports shot at all (despite the presence of an invisible 'car' ...) but, no denying the "skill" involved here ... I brilliantly managed to press the shutter at the moment that a truck describing the action of the photo was 10 seconds away from coming into frame ... of course, that's entirely due to skill.

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Im just lucky my photos dont come out like crap! (most of the time )

T'is a cracker indeed ,Graham,a scoop that never was ,a MK3 for sure.
Pons

The golf gods threw me a bone, I know what you are saying G, I knew where I wanted to be, but then the tee flew up.....

2 angles from last weekends WTCC at Brands Hatch, as not seen in Autosport:-

Damunn wrote in post #6021688

Great shot with Gene doing into the barrier...with the media guys running for cover...I was shotting from near the red bin in the background, trying to see through that dust cloud...

Joffan wrote in post #6019519
You should have sold it to Autosport... No-one got photos of the impact... Could have upgraded the 450D straight away!

As for "skill" moments this one is hard to beat for me. 5fps shooting and only 1 of them had any fire in it

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I remeber this day , they were catching fire all over the place!

and god was the weather miserable

I was inside at druids too for the wtcc- got to be the best place for non trackside photography in the UK.

I did mail the shot to autosport - and got no answer. sniff sniff

Joffan wrote in post #6019519
As for "skill" moments this one is hard to beat for me. 5fps shooting and only 1 of them had any fire in it

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Looks like someone was chasing the car with a flamethrower!

I'll have to search my archives, I've got pictures of Robert Kubica's F1 crash in Montreal during the 2007 Canadian GP where his car splintered and shattered in front of our grandstand.

Here's the difference 2/3rds of a second makes. In the first shot you can just see the tyres smoking as something in the engine has let go. 2 frames later it's an inferno... But things always happen really fast in top-fuel drag racing.
Roger.

GrahamS wrote in post #6024890
I was inside at druids too for the wtcc- got to be the best place for non trackside photography in the UK.

I did mail the shot to autosport - and got no answer. sniff sniff

Don't be sad about it Graham. I didn't hear anything either and they knew to expect my shots . Mine are in Motorsport News though

And that lotus shot was taken on one of the coldest days I can remember. Froze my knackers off but it was worth it...