Night Of The SAAB

by Fletcher8

I had a press pass for the RAC Rally 2013, so I thought I would post a few images taken with the K3 with some flash.

The SABB Historic Rally Team tackling the Peregrine Print Night Rally in Dalby Forest on a cold November night. SAAB driven by Jim Valentine and Jonathan Lodge, Spadedam Motor Club.
Uploaded11/11/2013 - 12:26
CategoryPhoto Journalism
Shutter Speed1/160
Aperturef/3.2
LensN/A
ISO400
Focal Length50mm

Stuey
Posted 11/11/2013 - 20:37 Link
Very nice - not the usual rally shot
K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

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BrianL
Posted 11/11/2013 - 21:55 Link
Good to meet you on Pundershaw. Love the flash quality you are achieving. What is the diffuser you had on the flash?
regards
Brian
Fletcher8
Posted 11/11/2013 - 22:45 Link
Hi Brian

Good to meet you too, wish we could have talked for longer than we did, but photo's had to be taken. Lol. Did you get any images at Pundershaw that you are proud of?

I used bounce flash for the night rally stages, which worked very well in Dalby Forest. Direct flash in my opinion is just to harsh and I doubt the drivers like it.

This was mine and Frans first time photographing rally cars at night and trying this technique, so it was a lot of trial and error. Learned a great deal from the experience and am now working on a ultra portable bounce panel for when we get another shot at this type of photography.

Hope our paths cross again, so we can talk Pentax.

Regards

Fletcher8
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reso
Posted 13/11/2013 - 20:38 Link
great shot fletch that sure is sharp

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Edited by reso: 13/11/2013 - 20:40
ilovesaabs
Posted 20/11/2013 - 13:33 Link
Great subject matter

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