[Leica] IMGs x 38: Racing cars and racing bikes

[Douglas Barry]

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.
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> 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?
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> 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 ;-)
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> These beauty are still alive, preserve it :-)
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> Amities
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> Philippe
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>> Le 31 août 2019 à 01:32, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a écrit :
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>> 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 :-)
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Motorsport/2019/Racing+August+2019+Mondello/
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>> 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.
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>> Douglas
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