A Few pics from SPA

Stinky

Stinky

Stinky

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Just wanted to upload a few pics from the weekend. Im only doing this as a hobby so don't be to harsh, but id still love feedback.

I will stick most in Spoiler Tags as they are huge!!

rain by Jon Hills, on Flickr

Harrie-0381 by Jon Hills, on Flickr

rossi by Jon Hills, on Flickr

Alonso by Jon Hills, on Flickr

alonso2 by Jon Hills, on Flickr

forceindia by Jon Hills, on Flickr

JB1 by Jon Hills, on Flickr

jb2 by Jon Hills, on Flickr

kimi by Jon Hills, on Flickr

nico by Jon Hills, on Flickr

ricardo by Jon Hills, on Flickr
 
Nice pics, you really don't need a 400mm lens at some places in Spa then, I've been before but that was before I was into DSLR photography.

My only suggestion would be to choose a slower shutter speed and pan to get some background blur and tyre blur, thus achieving more of a sense of speed.
 
smr said:
Nice pics, you really don't need a 400mm lens at some places in Spa then, I've been before but that was before I was into DSLR photography.

My only suggestion would be to choose a slower shutter speed and pan to get some background blur and tyre blur, thus achieving more of a sense of speed.
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id had quiet a bit of beer by the end. I did want that though, next time I'm going to slow it right up, the hardest was trying to focus on the drivers / steering wheel. All these were taken free hand with that beast of a lens.

some of these have been cropped a lot!
 
Stinky said:
id had quiet a bit of beer by the end. I did want that though, next time I'm going to slow it right up, the hardest was trying to focus on the drivers / steering wheel. All these were taken free hand with that beast of a lens.

some of these have been cropped a lot!
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It is a beast, far heavier than I thought it would be, the mk2 version is even heavier :o

Did you Al Servo focus?
 
When I take them I tag them in Flickr and then also put individual photos in the relevant groups - there are a few F1 groups and then also groups for different manufacturers as well as general motorsports groups.

The best way of getting them visible is, unfortunately, to share them as close to the time taken as possible. Otherwise I think they just become photos of someone's trip rather than photos 'of the time'.

I wrote an article for F1Fanatic for this set (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregkingston/albums/72157648292254924) as well as the previous two days at testing, which gave the photos great publicity. I also processed them at the end of every day, uploaded them and tweeted a few out to the teams and drivers. That can have surprising success, and some of the smaller teams can engage quite well - Lotus can be quite good fun if you find something funny, like Maldonado's brakes lighting up like neon lights!

I guess a lot depends on why you want them to go further though. There's no financial reward, but if it is just the desire to get as many people as possible to see them then why not just go for it.
 
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