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An old car taking part in a race at Le-mans Classic. The image was taken in colour and changed to Black & White in Photoshop. As the car is old I think the ...
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An old car taking part in a race at Le-mans Classic. The image was taken in colour and changed to Black & White in Photoshop. As the car is old I think the Black and White transition does this print justice.
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Canon EOS 7D

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 500 Shutter 1/4000 Focal Length 105/1

upload_date

Aug, 2016

Views

1614

Likes

+138

Awards

Winner in Just Porsche! Photo Challenge

Contest Finalist in Vintage And Classic Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Sports In Action Photo Contest

Peer Award

+34

Top Choice

Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

Outstanding Creativity

Magnificent Capture

Genius

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Behind The Lens

Location

Lemans Race Track

Time

Around ~Midday

Lighting

The lighting was ambient

Equipment

Canon DSLR and a zoom lens

Inspiration

I wanted to capture the essence of the start of this race which involves the drivers standing on the grid and then running to their cars in the way the historic races were run.

Editing

I only cropped the images and turned it into monochrome.

In my camera bag

I was shooting this race for a client Lemans is a very very long track and therefore carried everything I needed to prevent the need to return to my car. I carried two DSLR bodies with a long and a short zoom as changing lenses in such a dusty environment is not advisable. I also carried a tripod and lots of batteries.

Feedback

Attend some of the classic car weekends where accessibility is much easier than any other kind of motor racing.You will be able to get much closer to the cars. However, getting a pass to stand close to the moving action on the correct side of the safety railings is very difficult and you will need to receive some kind of accreditation to be successful.

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Le Mans-1

An old car taking part in a race at Le-mans Classic. The image was taken in colour and changed to Black & White in Photoshop. As the car is old I think the ... Read more

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