Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Don, Ric, Peter, Jim, and Philippe. And Philippe, I realise - to mangle Boheme - my tiny shots are "frozen", but as I haven't been doing proper motor racing shots since the 70s with my old Spotmatic, I need a bit of practice panning. I intend doing so asap with various lenses at the side of some motorway. My panning technique may remain hit and miss, but it'll certainly freak out some guilty motorists :-) Peter, I'll make it my business to find out if the Lotus 47 is original or just a recent replica at the next meeting, and let you know. Douglas On 31/08/2019 22:23, Philippe via LUG wrote: > Nice souvenirs Douglas. > > Now, as to photography, I find you are very conservative. Let me explain. > All the shots are ? frozen ?. I would have at least attempted a few of > these ? swishy pans ? that Ted recommends. with digital, what is there to > lose? > > I live in a place where, whether I like it or not, herds of Porsche, Old > Triumph or Jaguars, vintage Maserati, BMW, Mercedes, and more recent Tesla > flock at the weekends (the restaurants around are tops). Thousands of > motorcycles also cruise nearby. > I must admit I?m lazy to the point i never shot one of these. But I have > thought, again and again, about the best way I might do so. Hence my > prompt for you next time to at least try to get the ? character ? of the > machines out. Else, they might as well be standing still and idle on a > car-park, just as my mother-in-law?s gravy ;-) > > These beauty are still alive, preserve it :-) > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 31 ao?t 2019 ? 01:32, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >> >> Went along to Mondello Park circuit in Co. Kildare with my friend Brendan >> as he was racing his 49 year old Mallock car in the Historic Racing Car >> Association event there. The weather was extremely unpredictable and went >> from sunny to torrential downpour and back again at regular intervals. >> The Mallock is only fitted with an ohv 1.6 litre Holbay modifed Ford and >> lacks grunt on the straights, but is competitive in the twiddly bits. >> Unfortunately, we also had engine issues - overheating ignition analyser >> - which restricted revs to 4,000 rpm causing him to drop down the field >> from second place on the grid, and made the interval between races >> somewhat fraught. I took some pictures anyway and here's 38 of them - >> some repetitive, of course :-) >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Motorsport/2019/Racing+August+2019+Mondello/ >> >> Taken with various lenses on my Sony A7ii, but the longest was an ancient >> pentax fit CPC 80-200 f4 which I haven't used before in conjunction with >> the Sony. I have to get a decent (for daylight) autofocus Sony fit zoom, >> especially as I'm promised a gilet jaune with enhanced circuit >> positioning as a member of the media next time out. >> >> Douglas >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information