LeMans Shots

[joust]

My "camp site"


Some casualties on the way down


Enjoying the carting (not me!)


Marshalls


Fans


Camping Military style!


Rollcentre


Ferrari


2 x DB9's


At the Porsche curves - sun setting


A Porsche at the Porsche curves


DB9 at night


J

>> Edited by joust on Thursday 23 June 20:40

[Trackside]

A few of my pics from LM.

Campsite




Zonda at Arnage on Friday


V8HSV's huge burnout


Champion Audi R8 during Thursday evening qualifying


Audi at Porsche Curves around 6.30am Sunday


Class-winning Corvette


LMP2 class-winning RML MG Lola


Aston Martin DBR9


Oreca Playstation Audi R8


Great weekend! Took over 600 shots with my D70, which was nice...

[Trackside]

joust said:

My "camp site"

Nice 'tent' Joust! Where abouts is that?

Good pics BTW. Difficult to find fence-free views around the circuit I found. Porsche Curves was pretty good though. First time I've been up there in 5 trips to LM. Lovely at the time we were there (6.30 - 7.00am).

[goodlife]

That's my residence secondaire

Any more piccy's Justin??

[tony_996hasgone]

goodlife said:

That's my residence secondaire Any more piccy's Justin??

...and a good thing about it??? ....the lagers were free and cold!!! Cheers Danny.

[joust]

goodlife said:

That's my residence secondaire Any more piccy's Justin??

YHM

[whittaker52]

There are some absolutely stunning shots in there!

Ones i like most -
Jousts -
2 x DB9's,
A Porsche at the Porsche curves,

The focus is really sharp and crisp, so you can see all the shape in the bodywork. The porsche shot is really clear! and the motion blurring in the background really gives an impression of high speed .

Trackside -
Zonda at Arnage,
Champion Audi R8 at Evening qualifying,
Class winning Corvette,
Aston Martin DBR9,

Well, the Zonda is one of my favorite all time cars, so thats one reason i like the shot. the champion audi shot is gorgeous! the glow that the car is giving off makes it look like a neon sign, but highlights all the shape and curve in the cars bodywork, plus that little bit of blur in the background makes the car sharper and stand out even more. As for the corvette shot, and the aston shot, they're just purely stunning! the corvette shot looks like its off a brochure of some kind. the nice focus with the blurred background makes the car stand out really nicely in both shots, plus it adds a depth to the shots, especially in the aston shot.

Well done chaps, you've produced some really stunning shots there

[joust]

Trackside said:

Nice 'tent' Joust! Where abouts is that?

It's Danny's (Goodlife on PH) place which is about 40 mins drive from Le Mans.

It worked exceptionally well and meant I only needed to kip in a tent at the circuit for one night. The nicest thing had to be coming back on Sunday we stopped off, had a shower (mmmmmm) and coffee and then tottled back home in convy.

Trackside said:

Good pics BTW. Difficult to find fence-free views around the circuit I found. Porsche Curves was pretty good though. First time I've been up there in 5 trips to LM. Lovely at the time we were there (6.30 - 7.00am).

Tell me about it. I must have walked miles trying to find a good place to stand to get some shots.

All of those were with the 70-200mm L IS with 2x converter on at the Porsche curves, but because I was walking everywhere I got there late and the sun was setting, otherwise I am sure I could have got some much better shots.

Still, next year I'll be a bit more wiser

J

[joust]

whittaker52 said:

There are some absolutely stunning shots in there! Ones i like most - Jousts - 2 x DB9's, A Porsche at the Porsche curves, The focus is really sharp and crisp, so you can see all the shape in the bodywork. The porsche shot is really clear! and the motion blurring in the background really gives an impression of high speed.

Thanks.

If you can believe it the porsche shot was taken in the same lighting conditions as the one just above it. If you look you'll see the rear of the car is very yellow - the sun had almost set when I shot that.

I'm still getting used to the new 70-200M L IS USM lens, but it seems to give some fantastic shots.

I concur on your comments on Trackside's shots - some lovely ones in there.

J

[dinkel]

Does it glow in the dark because you flash?

[tuscan_v8]

I can see Decathlon made loads of money on that weekend

[Trackside]

whittaker52 said:

Trackside - Zonda at Arnage, Champion Audi R8 at Evening qualifying, Class winning Corvette, Aston Martin DBR9, Well, the Zonda is one of my favorite all time cars, so thats one reason i like the shot. the champion audi shot is gorgeous! the glow that the car is giving off makes it look like a neon sign, but highlights all the shape and curve in the cars bodywork, plus that little bit of blur in the background makes the car sharper and stand out even more. As for the corvette shot, and the aston shot, they're just purely stunning! the corvette shot looks like its off a brochure of some kind. the nice focus with the blurred background makes the car stand out really nicely in both shots, plus it adds a depth to the shots, especially in the aston shot. Well done chaps, you've produced some really stunning shots there

Thanks for the kind comments. It was my first real 'experimental' outing with my new D70, having shot some 500 pics at a Britcar round at Snett last month on 'Sports' mode. I was very pleased with the pitlane shot of the R8 (Dinkel, you are correct in saying that it's the camera flash that gives the glowing effect) but my favourite is the Aston. The early morning haze it's powering into totally encapsulates endurance racing, and particularly Le Mans, for me.

[dinkel]

My D70 gives a blue-greenish grey over the pics. Canon pics seem to be more colourfull. Did you work on the pics before posting?

BTW The 2 DBs are yum and in my Astonmap now, thanx. For screensaver and dribbling use only.

[Trackside]

dinkel said:

My D70 gives a blue-greenish grey over the pics. Canon pics seem to be more colourfull. Did you work on the pics before posting?

Ran them through the Nikon software that came with the camera to brighten them up a little. Worked well on the nightime and early morning shots.

[blondemoment]

Our small pad (!) for the weekend....taken with a D70

[V6GTO]

tuscan_v8 said:

I can see Decathlon made loads of money on that weekend

Not sure a lot of people will get that one, but I do

Martin.

>> Edited by V6GTO on Friday 24th June 23:27

[joust]

V6GTO said:

tuscan_v8 said: I can see Decathlon made loads of money on that weekend Not sure a lot of people will get that one, but I do Martin.

Personally, I think it's Millets that gained

[V6GTO]

All those tents are branded Quechua, which is the "own-brand" of Decathlon, a Spanish owned sports retail outlet.

Martin.