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Trading Paint

By Gary_Williams  
Brands Hatch: Season opener of the BTCC.

This is Matt Neal, in his Team Halfords Honda Integra, making an audacious move on Rob Collard, in his Team RAC MG ZS, into Clearways. A move that he pulls off through the Clarke curve onto the Brabham straight, however in the braking area for Paddock Hill Bend Rob is caught out and taps Matt into a spin, taking Matt out of the race. This brings the third & final race of the day to a premature end. After the event, Rob is penalised for the move and excluded from the race results, and will also incur a 6 place penalty in the next race.

Anyhow, about the photo taken from the viewing area at Clearways, exposure was 125s @ F11, and I panned to follow the action.

Also had the pleasure of meeting Pete Sincock (PSin) , his son fresh up from the mine, and Petes mate John. Nice to see you Pete, catch up at Thruxton Smile

Feel free to offer critique.

Thanks to everyone how looked, commented or clicked on my previous shot, I appreciate it.

Cheers,

Gary

Tags: Sports and action

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11 Apr 2006 8:03AM
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Canon 1D Mk11N
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Comments


shed 18 586 England
11 Apr 2006 8:05AM
Fantastic image which is full of mood, and atmosphere. You did very well to catch the action.

Top photo too.

Andrew
albi 18 68 1 England
11 Apr 2006 8:11AM
Good sense of speed on this, cars look pin sharp too.
Nice work.
Tony
Psin 16 66 England
11 Apr 2006 8:36AM
Excellent Capture.
Good speed and excellent panning.

Pete
blackett 18 18
11 Apr 2006 8:36AM
Awesome shot, well done. IanSmile
chase Plus
16 2.4k 623 England
11 Apr 2006 9:17AM
Very good panning technique Gary.Excellent colour & detail,a well timed image.
Janet
thorn 18 124 2 Scotland
11 Apr 2006 9:18AM
Hi Gary,great timing,capture,detail,explanation for those of us who didn't see it,angle,lighting and presentation.Take care.AnnSmile
PaulG 17 63 New Zealand
11 Apr 2006 9:25AM
Well caught action shot and perfect panning to keep the cars sharp.

Paul *click*
tull 19 181 United Kingdom
11 Apr 2006 9:37AM
Cracking action shot Gary well panned indeed.

Mark.
ColouredImages 18 47 35 United Kingdom
11 Apr 2006 10:21AM
excellent "action" shot
mike
vfast 17 5 Wales
11 Apr 2006 11:20AM
Great capture gary and liking the letterbox presentation.

Mat
glazzaro 17 70 23 United States
11 Apr 2006 11:54AM
Nice action, well done, the smoke adds the perfect touch to the shot, good panning skills! Spot on! Click!!!

Greg
kwaterworth 16
11 Apr 2006 1:27PM
Great panning, cars are razor sharp.
Keith
yjjeep 18 13
11 Apr 2006 3:09PM
Great job and i think the road being on a slight angle makes it pop.Take care.
tonymarq 16 1 United States
11 Apr 2006 4:43PM
Gary beautiful capture that you can feel the speed and motion! Agree with John on the angle which really pushes it!

stay well
tonymarq
User_Removed 18 17.9k 8 Norway
11 Apr 2006 9:43PM
Excellent work Gary. Full of action, dynacism and colour. Top sporting shot brilliantly captured - and pin-sharp.

Mike
foxybrown 17 368
12 Apr 2006 1:04AM
great bit of panning on this, definately worthy of an rcWink
Gary_Williams 18 38 3 United Kingdom
12 Apr 2006 1:17AM
Thanks folks for the support, Ive a series of about 4 or 5 of the BTCC, from the weekend, that I plan to upload to build a new showcase.
Bethan 16 33
12 Apr 2006 3:28AM
Love this, as soon as I viewed it at full image size, I thought, "wow, this is good".
Rock 20 10 2 England
12 Apr 2006 4:38AM
What a well thought out heavy border as it holds the shot in.
Certainly deserves lots of cliks.
Rock
xinia 17 54
12 Apr 2006 5:40AM
great element of competition conveyed by the two cars and speedy movement - very well taken Gary
kinfatric 17 550 9 Scotland
12 Apr 2006 8:58AM
what a ' cool ' shot I think the effect on the background caused by the panning is excellent as is the focus on the leading car
User_Removed 17 825 Lithuania
14 Apr 2006 5:17PM
two to tango!?!
sunshot 17 24 United Kingdom
17 Apr 2006 1:08AM
this is a cracking capture, well done.

marc

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