First time shooting a rallye: Sunseeker Rallye 09', Bournemouth, UK

Hi guys,

I was lucky enough to be able to walk to the Wareham stage of the Sunseeker rallye from my wifes parents house this weekend. This was my first go at shooting a rallye and there was a bit of trial and error. I took two lenses with me, my 70-200mm f2.8 L IS, and my 10-22mm. Mostly stuck with the 70-200 though had a little play with the 10-22 that gave some great shots!

Anyway, any C&C completely welcome and appreciated I'd like to know what to do differently for next time.

Thanks,
Nick.

1.

#5 is bit mad. Seen some footage on Utoob, looks a nice location you found there.

Of the bunch I like #4 the most however since you asked for C&C I would say reduce your shutter speed. 1/4000 (selected by Aperture Priority mode !) is too fast imo... maybe Shutter Priority mode would be better (TV) say around 1/400sec if your feeling a bit wobbly heh It would just give a bit of motion to the wheels and background. I know your shots have a feeling of motion from the spray/dust but you would still get sharp shots and you could reduce your ISO (less noise).

Thanks Azza. just found the youtube vid

Thanks for the advice for next time. I recon I was using the water that the cars were going through as a bit of a crutch as it gives the sence of speed that otherwise would be a lot more motionless... Getting the ISO down would be good though I found IQ on the hi-res versions to be really good, even on the iso 800 shots which impressed me... though lower the better I fully agree

I have a few more good ones of the landy so will post later... just a shame I don't have a full sequence as I bottled it once it was half in and jumped back! pic #5 is from when I regained my footing and continued shooting I was close but not that close so should have stayed where I was... just didn't know what sort of momentum it would have.

Will be back next year for sure.


Nick.

Some nice shots here, next time try and avoid distractions in the foreground.

Cheers,

Hi Nick

Pic 4 is a great shot and i also like pic 5 Nicely captured on both

Cheers.

Phil

great sky in no.1 and capture in no.5

Thanks for sharing

Elvis

i like the second one but if it's a bit more brighter then it will be perfect