Donington BTCC

dunganick · May 18, 2009

My first visit to Donington, Went up late Saturday evening after working all saturday, ended up sleeping in the car (not recomended!)
Donington was a fascinating track to photograph, its currently only second to Brands in my mind (im sure that would change if it was closer and i had photographed it more)
The weather at Donington this weekend felt like i had done something to **** god off. I ringed out alot of my stuff several times over the weekend.
Nevertheless i enjoyed the weekend and when trackside its a photographic gem.
1. Waiting for first race

2. Starting first race

3.Showing how its done in the first (and second) race

4.Dampness!

5.Trying to get some reflections

6.Something a bit weird?

7.Something a bit more normal

8.Something a bit slow (and soft)

9.Liked this Angle...incase you didnt notice...

10.The image im most pleased with... actually mostly done on camera, well underexposed in a dark garage with the door open, then levels played with and photoshop used to remove a few background lights. (excuse the text, its going to be a downloadable desktop)

Hope you like them, certainly i cant wait to shoot BTCC at Donington again, i really needed to take advantage of the going away shots (driving on grass type shot) more than i did, but given how hard jelly went into the wall (where you stand to take this shot) i decided standing there was not such a hot idea.
Nick

Darren S · May 18, 2009

Absolutely fecking brilliant! :approve:

Wish I had the skills for something like that!

D.

mace¬ · May 18, 2009

Awesome.

There are some people on here with a real talent.

ukaskew · May 18, 2009

Fantastic shots Nick. Donington has probably the biggest difference between shooting trackside or public. It's (particularly now) an awful track to shoot from public positions, but the shots from trackside are always wonderful.

Saying that, the paddock shots are actually my favourite from these, great atmosphere in the rain, #1 and #4 really stand out.

#6 is indeed odd, not sure it works with all that messy grass filling the frame, but I love how different it is.

The place has produced the greatest motorsport shot I've ever seen, one of the straights lines up with the approach/landing for the airport, and there is a shot of a car with the plane overhead, incredible.

D4N13L · May 18, 2009

WOW they are probably the best motorport shots i have seen.

JJT · May 18, 2009

absolutely superb! especially the last picture!

downloadable desktop eh?!

Revels · May 18, 2009

Some crackers there, really impressed.

I like No6 but I think it might work better with more of a letterbox style crop..

Paul_G · May 18, 2009

Brilliant shots Nick. Really like #4, but they're all good.

Naith · May 18, 2009

absolutely brilliant, try n get to oulton next week for btcc. need to see more of your work!

Leeshez · May 18, 2009

Brilliant picyures

Sash · May 18, 2009

WOW! Id love that last pic to be on my desktop!

iimushroomzii · May 18, 2009

Awesome photos!

Andy. · May 18, 2009

Skills. Lovely shots but sod taking my gear out in weather like that! Did the camera not get wet too or have you got protective kit for it?

gex23 · May 18, 2009

Awesome photos matey - you definitely have a talent for it!

The first image has to be my favourite...

theduck · May 18, 2009

AndyRS said:
Skills. Lovely shots but sod taking my gear out in weather like that! Did the camera not get wet too or have you got protective kit for it?

Bit of rain won't hurt

Seedy172 · May 18, 2009

Unbelieveable, Clever stuff!! Would appreciate the Leon as a Desktop

Ian · May 19, 2009

Excellent photos Nick.. I was gonna say which ones I liked, but it turned out to be nearly all of them.

I like how you've added something extra to a lot of the shots.. really impressed!

clairemae · May 19, 2009

some excellent photos here

jesus · May 19, 2009

Awesome pics, watched this all day on ITV4 haha. Mrs wasn't impressed...

Englebert · May 19, 2009

Love that last shot...

Hugo- · May 19, 2009

That last shot is now my desktop!

Epic pics!

dunganick · May 19, 2009

Thankyou all for comments, really appreciate them, great to get such good responses, makes getting soaked worth it. I will post a picture later of my waterproofing efforts. But rest assured its nothing too complex. I was very fortunate my gear didnt get too wet, however i saw a few of the other guys loose expensive equipment, saw a trashed 50d with water behind the screen.

Here is a link to that Seat image as a Desktop (hopefully its avalible in most resolutions. http://dunganick.smugmug.com/Motorsport UK 2009/788884

If you go to the site, open the resolution you need and then open the 'original' size, right click and set as desktop (or save)

Naturally please dont take the mick and use the image for things other than a desktop without permission.... ive only made this avalible to CS.

Nick

Sash · May 19, 2009

Cheers hun, my desktop size is 1280x768 which one do i use? I am computer image illiterate!

mccabe172 · May 19, 2009

Excellent pics mate, love the one with the rain splashing near the vxr. Even happier that I can spot me and my mates in the stand. Good job.

dunganick · May 19, 2009

sash said:
Cheers hun, my desktop size is 1280x768 which one do i use? I am computer image illiterate!

Added that resolution to the selection....

So your after this: http://dunganick.smugmug.com/gallery/8261570_c2yqv#540584201_ikMtL-O-LB

Seedy172 · May 19, 2009

Excellent... Cheers Bud

Darren S · May 19, 2009

dunganick said:
Thankyou all for comments, really appreciate them, great to get such good responses, makes getting soaked worth it. I will post a picture later of my waterproofing efforts. But rest assured its nothing too complex. I was very fortunate my gear didnt get too wet, however i saw a few of the other guys loose expensive equipment, saw a trashed 50d with water behind the screen.

Here is a link to that Seat image as a Desktop (hopefully its avalible in most resolutions. http://dunganick.smugmug.com/Motorsport%20UK%202009/788884

If you go to the site, open the resolution you need and then open the 'original' size, right click and set as desktop (or save)

Naturally please dont take the mick and use the image for things other than a desktop without permission.... ive only made this avalible to CS.

Nick

What a really generous gesture, Nick. Especially as how proud you were of that shot.

Very rare that people give away their skills and abilities for free these days. :approve:

D.

maynard · May 19, 2009

really good photos there

dunganick · May 19, 2009

Thanks once again everyone, I dont mind giving my stuff away, so long as people dont abuse it, i would rather see people liking it than it sitting on my hard drive, I will see if i can find some people to use the image in a magazine etc... but as the team did some badly this weekend i dont think many people are interested in it.

If i could ask one thing in return, would people go to this link http://dunganick.smugmug.com/gallery/8262573_QwWt6#540658527_tQ9J6-A-LB and then hover over the top right corner and rate it as a green thumb. If you do that thankyou v much!

Here is my 'waterproof' setup. Its more a way of limiting the rain, particularly between the lens and camera. The camera itself somewhat goes it alone, although i normally hold it out of the rain. The flashes i am reliably informed are weatherproof....not certain on that one, but it survived the weekend. Its simply an arm off an old coat, with the end split open, happens to fit the lense perfectly. Not perfect, but its free!

Suspect thats all from me today as i will have run out of posts :dapprove:

Gem · May 19, 2009

If anyone is feeling kind tonight, would anyone mind clicking "save as" on the photos and re-hosting as photobucket?

I went to Donington on Sunday and would really like to see these pictures. Unfortunately I can't view Flickr account images. (Long story don't ask).

ukaskew · May 19, 2009

Gem said:
If anyone is feeling kind tonight, would anyone mind clicking "save as" on the photos and re-hosting as photobucket?

I went to Donington on Sunday and would really like to see these pictures. Unfortunately I can't view Flickr account images. (Long story don't ask).

They are on Smugmug, not Flickr.

Can you view this...(nice and small as not to disrupt the thread too much)

So now I really want to ask why you can't view Flickr or Smugmug, but can see Photobucket! Seems a bit odd.

Seedy172 · May 19, 2009

dunganick said:
If i could ask one thing in return, would people go to this link http://dunganick.smugmug.com/gallery/8262573_QwWt6#540658527_tQ9J6-A-LB and then hover over the top right corner and rate it as a green thumb. If you do that thankyou v much!

No bother, Done

Darren S · May 19, 2009

Seedy172 said:
No bother, Done

I must be going blind. I can't see the bit Nick is on about?

D.

dunganick · May 20, 2009

Ive done a quick update on my blog is people want to read a little more in depth about my raceday.

http://dunganick.wordpress.com/

and the desktop images: http://dunganick.smugmug.com/Motorsport UK 2009/788884

Seedy172 · May 20, 2009

Darren S said:
I must be going blind. I can't see the bit Nick is on about?

D.

Hover over the top right of the pic (or just the pic) and it will appear

ukaskew · May 20, 2009

Is this thread touring the forum?! Seems to be on it's 3rd visit now!

dunganick · May 20, 2009

ukaskew said:
Is this thread touring the forum?! Seems to be on it's 3rd visit now!

It got moved by a mod from Here to Motorsport, i then asked revels to move it back as motorsport tends not to get much attention and it was really intended for the photography bods.... as it turned out it went down well in motorsport, then this morning Revels got my PM and moved it lol

So yeh moving around a bit.

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