Pleased with this one!

[joust]

At Snetterton today for the AMOC MESC meet.

One picture I am very very pleased with...

[pic]http://www.lotus-elise.org.uk/ephotozine/Snetterton%20Elise%2011-06-2005.jpg[/pic]

Straight off the camera. No crop. No editing.

Taken with EOS 300D, 70-200mm L IS USM, 2x Extender

Said Exige rather cocked up that corner and had to go grass cutting :D

J

[GetCarter]

nice!

...anyone care to identify the car in this pic? (how to run out of road and talent simultaniously)

[nomoregravy]

Id say an Audi RS6, or maybe a porsche turbo. Possibly a caterham r500?

[joust]

There were quite a few offs!

Here's another one!

Opps - missed that corner!


Nobody noticed that did they???

[joust]

Here's the shot just after the first



Whole day's shots are available here

[srider]

joust said:

Here's the shot just after the first Whole day's shots are available here

I think that works better, gives a better idea of the situation when you don't know. Nice shots btw.

[Paul.B]

nomoregravy said:

Id say an Audi RS6, or maybe a porsche turbo. Possibly a caterham r500?

I came to that same conclusion in an instant! Felt guilty for doing so as Steve must have been behind the camera. Or was he?


Paul.B

[GetCarter]

I also prefer the second pic.

Actually it wasn't me going off into the cat litter (although it has been known - some of you have obviously been on track with me and know my driving style!)

In the pic ...there was a tussle going on between a PH'r (Andy W) and another in the Mini Cooper challenge. The other decided the best way to the pits was straight across - avoiding the hassle of Luffield, and the bother of overtaking Andy.

PS... sorry for the semi thread hi-jack Joust.... so to get back to yours: Snetterton is one of the few tracks I've never been on - is it worth the long trip? Realistically it would probably be in a Noble or Seven. Only seen it once on Touring cars - difficult to tell as they are all completely mad.

Steve


>> Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 12th June 13:49

[joust]

On balance, I'd probably say it's worth the leg. Noble would like it a lot, Caterham might get a bit boring (not sure) by the fact that it's just lots and lots of straights.

It's not actually that far - it was just over 2 hours door to door, which isn't really much different than Bedford...

J

[tekbloke]

A Gallery of the Mid-Engined Sportscar race from Tap and I can be found at our website : clicky!....enjoy! We even have our tsuphoto.com logo on one of the cars now...cheers Russ

In answer to GetCarter's question - I have never driven at Snett but think it would be fun in either car. The Esses look quite fun and the back section (Corum/Chorum) is really fast. Should really leave the camera at home and get out there with the Exige for a trackday instead

Edited to say - I chatted very briefly at the Chicane with a PH'er who arrived in a Noble (3R I think). I don't think it was Joust though - it had a GTO number plate.

>> Edited by tekbloke on Monday 13th June 00:00

>> Edited by tekbloke on Monday 13th June 00:22

[CVP]

joust said:

Here's the shot just after the first

I like this one best, with the damaged front splitter and the turf on the track in the background it sets up the image nicely of the consequenses of a missed corner.

Good work

Cheers

Chris

[joust]

tekbloke said:

Edited to say - I chatted very briefly at the Chicane with a PH'er who arrived in a Noble (3R I think). I don't think it was Joust though - it had a GTO number plate.

That was me!

The GTO plate is to fool everyone - it's an M400, but just to confuse everyone it's the same colour as my previous M12 and I moved the plate over.

Nice to meet you. Very nice pictures - puts mine to a bit of shame.

Could I ask - did you shot them in raw or JPEG, and did you sharpen them afterwards?

J

[tsuphoto]

We shoot in RAW. The full workflow is:

1) Shoot RAW
2) Develop in RAW Shooter Essentials - changing exposure, highlight and shadow contrast - use RAW shooter's default sharpening - touch of extra saturation.
3) Crop, slight adjustments to white balance and a minor amount of sharpening in photoshop to get back the sharpness lost in the resize.


Jason. [The other Half of TSU Photographic]

[joust]

Ah - interesting.

Thanks for that. I've settled on CS2's raw workflow as it "fits" the way I work a bit better.

Thanks for the hints on the sharpening - I wondered why some of mine weren't so "crisp" as yours - it makes a huge difference!

Do you use unsharp mask or one of the others?

(sorry for all the questions!)

J