Brands Photos

[britcarfan]

Me and the missus enjoyed a fantastic weekend at Brands. Great racing, awesome machinery and even good weather.

My photos can be seen here.

Ray.

[Graham]

Great to see the Moore Racing M3 re-shelled and back on track after the multiple roll at oulton.






Good to see another TuscanC/sagaris out as well. Warrens car looks like a road car body ? Im sure i saw that body on its trip down some months ago...

Edited by Graham on Monday 19th June 09:14

[pauljc]

Excellent photos Ray

[dank]

Superb pics!!!!! well done

[izzy]

Photos now uploaded: www.isadorapoggi.co.uk/2006/eerc/eerc5.htm

[henry-f]

Some lovely photos there izzy. Particularly like the shots of people including the marshals section. You managed to capture the fun and humour of the weekend.

Well done, you see you don`t need freezing rain to snap a good piccy !

As ever, keep smiling.

Henry

[britcarfan]

Henry and Izzy,

I would appreciate some feedback on my pics from a competitor and a professional. I am not a professional and I understand listening to feedback will help me improve. You can access my pics from the link on my first post.

Ray.

Also wanted to say thanks to Dan and Paul for their positive comments.

Edited by britcarfan on Tuesday 20th June 23:48

[izzy]

britcarfan said:

feedback will help me improve.

Ermm can't really see what you want to improve, your shots are great

[britcarfan]

Thanks Izzy,

Yours are even better! I wanted to get some more head on shots but I only have a 300mm lense and I was shooting from behind the fence as always. Its a bit cheeky, but can I ask you for some advice on equipment?

Ray.

[izzy]

I use the canon 100-400, great range but (big but) somewhat of a pain in poor light (f5.6 at the long end). Assuming you're using Canon: if you're feeling flush, the 300 2.8 is the way to go as it will happily take the 1.4 or 2x TC without degradation in image quality. Otherwise, just crop or you could get a 1.4x TC and still retain the AF (I think). If you're using Nikon, then Paul is the person to ask!

[britcarfan]

Izzy,

Thanks for the reply. I currently have a Nikon D50 and a Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro DG. The total cost of my equipment is therefore only £600. This is my first DSLR, which I purchased only 2 months ago. I don't have much spare cash (if any!) but was considering the Sigma 135-400mm f/4.5-5.6 APO DG as a cheapish way (around £400-450) of getting to 400mm. I am finding that with a lot of my shots the autofocus is not fast enough, is that caused by the body or the lense? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to learn as much as I can from an expert.

Cheers,

Ray.

[izzy]

lol I'm no expert!!!

I'd say go for the best lens you can afford, that's what will make the most difference. Don't know those sigma lenses, have a look on the Fred Miranda site www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/

[britcarfan]

Looking at your pictures I would say you are an expert. And the EERC obviously agree because they awarded you there Photographer of the Year title.

Thanks for the advice. Keep up the good work!

Ray.

[PaulJC]

My photos will be going in here (as & when)

(Currently contains an album of interest to d_drinks)

Edited by PaulJC on Friday 23 June 10:56

[4wheel drifter]

britcarfan said:

Henry and Izzy,

I would appreciate some feedback on my pics from a competitor and a professional. I am not a professional and I understand listening to feedback will help me improve. You can access my pics from the link on my first post.

Ray.

Also wanted to say thanks to Dan and Paul for their positive comments.

Edited by britcarfan on Tuesday 20th June 23:48

Great photos. As a competitor (PS1 - car 98), I particularly like looking at the ones taken in the same spot of ourselves (not vain, honest) and others (esp other Type Rs) so that we can compare line, wheel lift etc.

Thanks!

I'm off to look at Izzy's next....

[PaulJC]

4wheel drifter said:

I particularly like looking at the ones taken in the same spot of ourselves (not vain, honest) and others (esp other Type Rs) so that we can compare line, wheel lift etc.

Oh well if that is what you like, I've added an album of a few Type Rs from Saturday for you.

If you click on 'original' under the photos you will get the 800px versions.

Edited by PaulJC on Friday 23 June 19:32

Edited by PaulJC on Friday 23 June 19:48

[mattbmw]

Er..let's not forget the BMW E36 M3s! Have any of those Paul ?

[d_drinks]

PaulJC said:

My photos will be going in here (as & when)

(Currently contains an album of interest to d_drinks)

Edited by PaulJC on Friday 23 June 10:56

Hey Paul, there are great shots there thanks for the link to let me know. the Sagaris went well even that it's the first time the car had ran and we got 2 x 3rd in class. A lot more to come from the car but a great start. Paul i did see you a couple of times but i seemed to be under both of the Marcos for most of the weekend so never go to say hi so apologies for that!

Cheers
Darren

[PaulJC]

mattbmw said:

Er..let's not forget the BMW E36 M3s! Have any of those Paul ?

I have one or two, I'll sort something out for later. In the meantime you'll just have to admire Ray's & Izzy's galleries.

Thanks Darren. See you at Donington.

Guess Trackside went to Le Mans.

[PaulJC]

mattbmw said:

Er..let's not forget the BMW E36 M3s! Have any of those Paul ?

Just added an S1 Class BMW album for you