Hazards of rally photography

[GravelBen]

Some of you may identify with this - a sequence of shots from today culminating in a faceful of muddy gravel for a certain photographer who didn't turn away quite quickly enough

Edited by GravelBen on Saturday 1st August 12:20

[robinhood21]

Ouch! Living up to your name I see.

[nonplussed]

Bloody great photos though

[robinhood21]

nonplussed said:

Bloody great photos though

Absolutely, and failed to mention so in my above post. Bravo!

[BigAlinEmbra]

I think the last one is the best!

[moribund]

Great shots, worth the pain

And yes, I've been there too I know us speccys sometimes end up in slightly dodgy positions but that's what makes rallying so cool IMHO.

[mybrainhurts]

Ah, yes, I remember this well...

You could take schlopp dodging lessons back in the 60s....

[Nolar Dog]

Great series of shots Ben!

Thanks for sharing. You can keep the mud though.

Love the "motion" feel to the last one.

[mybrainhurts]

Nolar Dog said:

Love the "motion" feel to the last one.

i think you misunderstand, that's mud, not the co-driver cacking it out...

[350GT]

Last one is superb... Would make a lovely desktop!

[Munter]

Well worth you getting a face full of mud and gravel so we can see the last shot.

More More!

[johnnywgk]

How can a car as ugly as that be soooo beautiful, same as as certain
Metro.

Just simply ugliful, i want one.

[Nolar Dog]

mybrainhurts said:

Nolar Dog said:

Love the "motion" feel to the last one.

i think you misunderstand, that's mud, not the co-driver cacking it out...

I didn't mean motion in that sense.

[GravelBen]

Thanks for the comments - was definitely worth it, gotta take one for the team sometimes! Camera copped a bit of mud too but fortunately no stones. Thats why I always use filters though, much cheaper than replacing a lens if it does catch one!

That Audi is actually a replica rather than an original S1, built from a road Quattro and has the right engine but uses Subaru drivetrain bits for cost and reliability reasons.

[fathomfive]

Love this shot.

[Simpo Two]

And judging by the sign in the b/g that's an area of outstanding beauty being, er, 'honed'

Where in NZ exactly?

[GravelBen]

The Catlins - near Owaka if you went there on your trip downunder? Stage map can be downloaded here if you're interested:

http://www.escc.co.nz/Catlins%20Rally%2009/Catlins...

[GravelBen]

A driver arrived on foot at a spectator point asking for a hand to push his car out "its pretty well stuck but we can give it a go..."



Pretty well stuck...you don't say! But with 6 or 8 of us, a rope and some gravel thrown under the wheels we did get it back on the road!



Gotta love it

[baz7175]

Heh heh, I've been around a few big offs over the years covering the national and WRC stuff and several face fulls of dirt, stones etc. When I did WRC Sardinia it was one of the worst places I had been to for dust, every time a car went past you would spend the next 30 seconds breathing through your t-shirt and then spending the next 20 seconds or so trying to blow any traces of dust off of the lens before the next car came through 5 seconds later

[GravelBen]

A few more from the day:






Overall I was having a bit of an off day photo-wise and the keep-rate was pretty low, but a few shots I like and more still to process when I find some spare time. Was much happier with the shots from the last rally ( http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... ) but I guess thats life.

Edited by GravelBen on Monday 3rd August 14:26