Thanks for the comments George - any advice is much appreciated.

Jordan and Plato was a good battle. It's cropped that tightly because I've got nothing more to the left of the frame, and there were other elements in the picture that I thought were distracting. I did wonder whether a crop like this might work better



Here is no.2 as a B&W (without too much work being done to it). I think you're right - it does work better in B&W, but although I quite liked the subject I think it's beyond reasonable salvage really!

Some belated shots from Silverstone last weekend.
Not a patch on George's pictures.
C&C's most welcome.

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9 (not really sharp enough - was in two minds about posting this one)

A nice set of pictures George. I still have to go through mine properly, as soon as I can get an evening in!
It was a pleasure to meet you and Mike as well, and thanks to Mike for his hospitality over the weekend.

8 is my favourite too, followed by 6.

Agreed

Some nice sample pictures there George. I'll give Copse a try as well.

I've got tickets for both days, and am planning to be there Sat & Sun, but that may change. I'll pm you once I know for sure what I'll be doing on Sunday.

Thanks for your comments, all. Looks as though it's back to Luffield then!

I may try my 1.4 teleconverter on the 300 as well, and see how that goes, but I'll probably need to manually pre-focus with that combination.

And as usual, another nice panning shot from you Simon. I think my panning shots are improving as I get more practice, but I've still got a way to go

I think you could be right - I generally prefer somewhere like Mallory Park, Brands Hatch . . . . I've been to Silverstone before and not found any great places there for photography - Luffield, as you suggest is the best I have found there - hence the question. But on this occasion I've been given some tickets for the weekend, and Silverstone is much closer for me than Snetterton, which is about a 400 mile round trip.

Thanks for that, but unfortunately that link/thread is for Snetterton, not Silverstone

I'll be going to Silverstone this weekend for the British Touring Car Championship races, and would be grateful for any recommendations for the best places for some good shots.

They will be using the National circuit.

I'm planning on taking my Sigma 70-200 F2.8 and the DA* 300 lenses (and probably the DA40, as it doesn't take up much space).