Brands Hatch Test Day

[b33fy]

Caught up with Billy today and did a bit of photography, Had a hunch and took a punt on a test day at Brands Hatch, in the hope there'll be something interesting testing for the weekend's historic meet. The hunch paid off and we were not disappointed.. a few shots below..

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

Brands Hatch Test Day September 2018 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

[Wingco]

All very good Mike, but the Escort always do it for me, and you have a couple of good ones there.
Were you using the new lens ? all pictures were very sharp well done Mike.

[b33fy]

All very good Mike, but the Escort always do it for me, and you have a couple of good ones there.
Were you using the new lens ? all pictures were very sharp well done Mike.

Thanks Colin, using new lens. Manual focus at times though as the autofocus has a habit of locking onto the nearest object which is usually a branch, wire fence or Armco.

[DJ.]

You're really getting the hang of this photography lark

My favourite is the Castrol Escort 101, the perfect amount of background and wheel blurring with no obvious processing effects........brilliant

[b33fy]

You're really getting the hang of this photography lark

My favourite is the Castrol Escort 101, the perfect amount of background and wheel blurring with no obvious processing effects........brilliant

Thanks Duncan, got a few similar shots of other Escorts, Tina’s and Elans. Will put a few more up over the weekend. Tried to keep the majority of shots “au naturale” though that ones been put through the mill. The original was underexposed somewhat, because the light changed from one minute to the next. It’s been HDR’d to pull out some detail, then lightroom’d to lift the exposure, keeping it as natural as possible. I liked the composition hence making the effort with it.

Low resolution original below..

[SteveRST]

Brilliant mate!
I do like your signature "through the tree" aerial shots.

[Tony C]

Particularly like the No 31 red Escort, I need a new camera/lens, great pictures

[b33fy]

Thanks Steve, Tony, as much as I enjoy the field trip, processing, and end result, it makes it even more worthwhile when others enjoy the images.

Yeh signature image.. gotta get another, getting too old to keep climbing that bitch.

[greenwoo]

balls.....could have slipped out early today,had noted the Historics were going to be on this weekend.
Some nice shots there Mike, think my fav is the first one....would have gone for the red escort - but tad 'grunge' for me...

[b33fy]

balls.....could have slipped out early today,had noted the Historics were going to be on this weekend.
Some nice shots there Mike, think my fav is the first one....would have gone for the red escort - but tad 'grunge' for me...

Sorry Mark, debated to give you a shout or not.. last conversation was evenings.. I'll do a non grunge one in a sec.

A few more normal pannings

IMG_0916 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

IMG_0913 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

IMG_0840 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

IMG_0806 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr

IMG_0730 by Buckmore Boy, on Flickr