WRC New Zealand 2010

A couple of months ago, my girlfriend and I visited the 2nd day of the NZ rally in the Franklin area. Great fun as always, been a few years since I managed to see the rally in NZ.

looks like a fun event. I've always wanted to go to a WRC event

Great shots! I remember seeing those crazy photographers at the apex of the corner during the tv coverage of the Hampton Downs stage like in your shor #4. Those photogs seem to have a death wish (even more than the usual rally fan!). I visited the Port Waikato area earlier this year and it's definitely a great place to hold the rally.

Nice series,

Those cameramen certainly get close to the apex of the corners

#3 is my favourite

Great series, Warren, especially that first one. Love the animation too

Nice shots. I had a look through your gallery as well, which I really liked. There are some good creative shots in there which capture the atmosphere of the rally well.

Excellent stuff.
How were the motion shots done and presented ? .looks very sharp throughout series of shots.
Great work.

Subaru shot! Awesome.

Great Shots! You Lucky Guy; Wish i could shoot an event like this!
The One of The STi GR is my Fav!

#2 FTMFW!! great shots, wish we had WRC here so i could spectate and get some shots

Warren, what a cracking set +1 for those brave (?) or should I say foolhardy video & togs ~ so trusting that the approaching cars will hold the line and not suffer a mechanical failure at the wrong moment. No way or place to escape to if the worst ever happened

Thanks for sharing.

Wow the Understeer into the rumble strips = tire to roll off the bead!!!!! CRAZY CAPTURE!

NeherPhoto wrote in post #10517204
looks like a fun event. I've always wanted to go to a WRC event

Thanks! It was my 3rd or 4th one now.
The last time I saw it was late 2006, when Valentino Rossi entered

apwzoom wrote in post #10517235
Great shots! I remember seeing those crazy photographers at the apex of the corner during the tv coverage of the Hampton Downs stage like in your shor #4. Those photogs seem to have a death wish (even more than the usual rally fan!). I visited the Port Waikato area earlier this year and it's definitely a great place to hold the rally.

Thanks, It's unbelievable really. They were basically standing on the edge of the dirt/curb, yet ocassionally we saw the tyres kick up dust from off track. They must have missed by mere inches.

adrian5127 wrote in post #10517278
Nice series,

Those cameramen certainly get close to the apex of the corners

#3 is my favourite

Thanks mate - they were crazy

Anke wrote in post #10518001
Great series, Warren, especially that first one. Love the animation too

Cheers Chris

KiwiRallyFan wrote in post #10518980
Nice shots. I had a look through your gallery as well, which I really liked. There are some good creative shots in there which capture the atmosphere of the rally well.

Thanks, we like to try and mix it up a bit

chrispons wrote in post #10519436
Excellent stuff.
How were the motion shots done and presented ? .looks very sharp throughout series of shots.
Great work.

Thanks Chris,
the motion ones were shot with my 1DIII, set at the max 10fps. When I saw he was definitely going wide, I held down the shutter. Only after reviewing the photos at home, I could see the tyre coming off the rim!

I put them together via the animation function in photoshop. Using layers.

The rest being sharp, were just from an 900px web size action I have set with the simple watermark.

dinanm3atl wrote in post #10519467
Subaru shot! Awesome.

Cheers!

Munky wrote in post #10519473
Great Shots! You Lucky Guy; Wish i could shoot an event like this!
The One of The STi GR is my Fav!

Thanks, glad you like that one

Gorveatt wrote in post #10520802
#2 FTMFW!! great shots, wish we had WRC here so i could spectate and get some shots

Better make your way across to Europe or NZ

Box Brownie wrote in post #10523848
Warren, what a cracking set +1 for those brave (?) or should I say foolhardy video & togs ~ so trusting that the approaching cars will hold the line and not suffer a mechanical failure at the wrong moment. No way or place to escape to if the worst ever happened

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, yep totally mental. You could see that apex was quite grippy. After sliding sideways, they were often straightening out.

kajiholic wrote in post #10523881
Wow the Understeer into the rumble strips = tire to roll off the bead!!!!! CRAZY CAPTURE!

Was awesome