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Motorcycle racing - East Fortune, Scotland

This corner is called Snake, it’s in the shape of a S and a pretty fast corner at that. I am sitting at the end of the tire wall as you can see. I am so close...
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This corner is called Snake, it’s in the shape of a S and a pretty fast corner at that. I am sitting at the end of the tire wall as you can see. I am so close to the riders flying past that if I lifted my arm up, my hand would have touched the rider’s helmet. Being able to take photos at track side is a privilege and not a lot of photographers are allowed to do this. I appreciate that I’m in danger at all time and listen to everything the marshals tell me to do. They have a job to do and I’m not there to be in the way but be part of the track side furniture. They are a great bunch and I have made a lot of friends. In the case of this photo I was told by a marshal to try that position as it has been used by photographers in the past (but not very often). In the beginning I was sitting upright and by the end of the race my right shoulder was pressed into the ground-tyres on my right, this happened subconsciously and showed me my survival instinct were at work. I can’t even start to explain the adrenaline rush this gave being so close to the riders flying past at probably over 100mph. I was told that I can’t sit there for the bigger classes due to the effect that would have on me while flying past, I was glad I didn’t try to find out. The result after one race was maybe 5 photos that I could use, I have improved since that day but prefer to stand a bit further back. I get better quality photos and have slightly more time to get the photo while still getting the same photos as I would if I sat there. I wish I could explain the feeling of sitting so close to danger while trying to get a good photo and the bikes are only in the frame for a very very small fraction of a second. All I can do is to try and get that across, I had the biggest grin on my face since started to take photos at the race tracks and was buzzing thanks to the adrenaline.
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