2007 Pit Lane Piccys

[BigH]

Mind, it's not all prize winning stuff H,

Oh, I dunno Andy, there's a sort of David Lynchian thing going on there I'd say. Or there soon will be.
It's a murky world, that of the professional photographer, just look at poor old F308 Man, a young chap of obvious talent, but even he has been reduced to visits down to Worthing beach to mock up racing photographs with smoke and mirrors. If you look closely, you can see the spectators are in deck chairs, and I swear some have hankies on their heads and are eating cod and chips. I can see a pregnant lady wearing a thong.
Anyway, just to keep this on thread, and to keep leftie happy, below is another of my celebrated "action snaps", taken in the old bier keller. I'd had half a dozen of their large pints when I took this one, and make no mistake, there was plenty of action after that.
H

[F308 MAN]

dearest colleagues,

i apologise profusely for posting sensible pics ... i just don't know what came over me.

may i make it up to you with the following, shot at auberge hunaudieres a year or two ago ?

can you spot the cyclops on the outside of the conservatory ?

cheers for now, d

[Paddy_NL]

probably a lot of fun at the time

[F308 MAN]

sorry .... back to the serious stuff:

[nopanic - neil]

Where were you when you took this pic, clinging to the front bumper behind it, or hiding in the road as a cats eye ?

Great pics, must have an expensive box brownie! 

[Paddy_NL]

cool shots again indeed

[Perdu]

Omigod

these shots tell me to throw away my Olympythingy and give up

Andy, the colour definitions on the stripy shots, staggering, must have taken hours to get them framed. Totally awesome.

The fantastic batman and ceiling shot back there, just no way I would have been able to keep still for long enough to frame it, laughing my round dooberrys off.

And the Pirelli decallled Aston, now I can remember just how much I detested that livery...

Great photos guys.

Please don't stop now, done properly this topic could grow to rival the Commer... ish!

OK not really but we could get some more mileage from it for a while

Soon be June...

[Bob U]

Wow again, awesome pics. Love the one with the fizzer faceing backwards at Dunlop

[F308 MAN]

hello,

i hope you don't mind, but i thought we'd have a bit of a change today and go all nostalgic .... some stuff from this year's support race.

really lookin' forward to the group C GTP cars next year.

cheers,  d

[Christopher]

Mint. All of them.

[Jules G]

Wow,

Great photos

Whats the possibility of a master class before next years festivities?

I also like the race decals you have on your fezza, especially the bonnet!

Jules G

[mgmark]

David,

Simply stunning pictures - they are a real and utter joy to look at!  Definition, colour, action, speed, light, clarity etc etc ad infinitum.  Superlatives fail me.  Whilst you are fortunate indeed to have such access to the pits and circuit (of which pthers are undoubtedly envious), but without the right kit, knowledge and skill which you obviously have in abundance, that would be of little use.   They have really cheered my office bound  day up.  

OK, so they might not up be quite up to the abstract standards of Mr Z or Big H's work, but please don't get downhearted - time, patience and training in their mysterious ways will doubtless help you on the way to photographic oblivion......

Btw, do you have any shots of the winning Audi R10 at the 2006 race, in particular the engine bay and cockpit, as I am curtrently building a 1:24 scale model of it and need some of the details filling in?  
 
MG Mark

[Robspot]

Not bad I suppose but they all seem to be focused on cars with the background blurry.

How about just one shot of a wall in focus for a change. Something to think about maybe?

[BigH]

Here is another from my collection. This one also hangs on my wall, in between the signed print of Moss at the wheel of LWK 707 and Alain de Cadenet with his head down my toilet (also signed).

From a professionals viewpoint, this one was most satisfying to capture, as I was under a lot of pressure at the time, working with extremely difficult lighting and weather conditions. Presenting their own, slightly different challenge were my very difficult trouser conditions.

So you can imagine how satisfying it was to pull it off. Hardly any photoshop, either.
H

PS You'll notice Rob, the background is also sharply in focus. Just habit, really. Interestingly, I don't actually remember taking this one, I can only guess I was "In the Zone".

[Andy Zarse]

Mind, it's not all prize winning stuff H,

Oh, I dunno Andy, there's a sort of David Lynchian thing going on there I'd say. Or there soon will be.
It's a murky world, that of the professional photographer, just look at poor old F308 Man, a young chap of obvious talent, but even he has been reduced to visits down to Worthing beach to mock up racing photographs with smoke and mirrors. If you look closely, you can see the spectators are in deck chairs, and I swear some have hankies on their heads and are eating cod and chips. I can see a pregnant lady wearing a thong.
Anyway, just to keep this on thread, and to keep leftie happy, below is another of my celebrated "action snaps", taken in the old bier keller. I'd had half a dozen of their large pints when I took this one, and make no mistake, there was plenty of action after that.
H

Don't get me started on the dear old Bier Keller H, I go all watery-eyed just at the thought of it - it didn't half get smoky in there.

There's some terrible things gone on in there over the years. At around 7pm the atmosphere became more frightening than being attacked by tramps in Walsall at midnight. This happened to the father of one of the people we were camped next to. He got into a quite unnecessary and spiteful row with some Mercedes fans. I don't recall the exact details, but it was something about whether or not Michael Schumacher drank Jaegermeister. He lost. Shot on Kodak Kodachrome ISO200.