Rockingham Pics

[Bob_Defly]

Phil Hindley, Team Principal of the Tech9 Motorsport team gave me the opportunity to document the race preparation, qualifying, and racing at Rockingham this weekend. It was a pretty amazing day in the pit, even though it rained heavily most of the time, the atmosphere was tense as the preparation of the Lamborghini's got underway. Qualifying went very well with 1 & 2 on the grid for the race on Sunday!

Unfortunately all was not to be with the number 9 car retiring due to gearbox problems, and the number 8 car coming in 10th, due to the tough weather conditions and some shenanigans with the safety car. A disappointing result overall, after a lot of hard work by the team.

Many thanks to Phil and the team who are a really good bunch of blokes, especially Damon who sorted me out with a pass, showed me around and introduced me to everyone, I had a fantastic day, enjoy the pics.















































http://tech9motorsport.com

Edited by Bob_Defly on Monday 26th May 21:58

[immigrant]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[x5x3]

nice pics - were there any spectators at all?

[Bob_Defly]

Not many, it was absolutely chucking it down. Nearly drowned my camera.

[autofocus]

Bob,

I am simply speechless, that has got to be one of the best set of pics I have ever seen.

I really seem to struggle with garage/pit shots, don't know why just can't get my head round them and unlike you my compositions always suck.

Tech9 are a great team and Damon is a great guy.

Out of interest what camera and lens combo where the pics shot with ?

Well done once again on a great set.

Regards

Tim

[Bob_Defly]

Hi Tim, thanks for the compliments, especially coming from you!

The first few I took in the garage were hopeless, couldn't get the flash (SB800) to look right at all, regardless of what it bounced off, and it was a silver roof as well! The camera is a Nikon D300, and most were shot with the 18-200mm VR lens, or a 50mm 1.8.

The 50mm prime is excellent in low light, you can get about 1/50th at f/2.2

I was asking every photographer I met if they were on PH, none were, I thought there would be at least a couple, and I even got asked if I was "autofocus"! I thought, "I wish, if only I could get pics as good as Tim's!"

So thanks again, your praise means a lot for an aspiring automotive photographer!

[Fordo]

wow, nice set of pics. you've really seemed to capture the whole feel of the event.

Last picture has to be the best. did you get her to pose, or was she just standing like that?

Edited by Fordo on Monday 26th May 22:41

[Goldeeno]

I dont know which to dribble over more, her or the car, maybe her on the car...uhhhhhh
Nice shots.

[Spam]

Some amazing shots. I have never looked over the Photography & Video Forum and now i'm extremely glad I did

P.S I like the last one alot

[Bob_Defly]

Fordo said:

wow, nice set of pics. you've really seemed to capture the whole feel of the event.

Last picture has to be the best. did you get her to pose, or was she just standing like that?

Edited by Fordo on Monday 26th May 22:41

Thanks everyone!

I asked her to pose for that, but the shot kept coming out completely wrong (metering), took a few goes to get it right. Becky was really great, very professional and patient!

[Luca Brazzi]

Bob_Defly said:

I was asking every photographer I met if they were on PH, none were,

Never asked me lol.

I was pretty busy in Tech9 in the morning.

[flat-planedCrank]

Bob_Defly said:

Like all your shots, but this one is a knockout


Cheers.

[bobda]

It was a sodden weekend, eh!
I was there on Sun/Mon with the Hayfisher OB van and their new wireless camera setup which we built.

Good pics - thanks for sharing.

[TuscNick]

Bob_Defly said:

http://tech9motorsport.com

Edited by Bob_Defly on Monday 26th May 21:58

I also like this photo, very much - good lighting