amateur photo thread.

[TRLWNC7396]

Those are nice pictures, and a good looking car.

 

[Nico_Ble99]

The first event of my season is underway, and here is a small selection of pictures I took today.




(Yes, I did lay flat on my stomach just to take the picture)

 

[tonupboy]

Spa Summer Classic 2025

 

[tbtstt]

Few shots from the opening 5 Nations British Rallycross Championship rounds at Lydden Hill last month:

Peugeot 208 4x4 T16 (111) (Derek Tohill) by Steve White, on Flickr

Volkswagen Polo 4x4 T16 (7) (Ian Barrett) by Steve White, on Flickr

BMW Mini Cooper S 4x4 T16 (42) (Oliver Bennett) by Steve White, on Flickr

Volvo 242 (71) (Stuart Emery) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 208 4x4 T16 (111) (Derek Tohill) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford Fiesta VII 4x4 T16 (8) (Gary Donoghue) by Steve White, on Flickr

BMW Mini Cooper S 4x4 T16 (42) (Oliver Bennett) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford Focus II 4x4 T16 (2) (Ollie O'Donovan) by Steve White, on Flickr

Mygale XC04 (55) (Richard Rees) by Steve White, on Flickr

Opel Kadett C GTE (69) (Alan Crockett) by Steve White, on Flickr

BMW Mini Cooper S 4x4 T16 (42) (Oliver Bennett) by Steve White, on Flickr

I love any race weekend, but rallycross ones are always the best!

 

[TRLWNC7396]

The fourth picture with the Volvo has a bad looking accident under way in the back ground!

 

[tbtstt]

The fourth picture with the Volvo has a bad looking accident under way in the back ground!

The Mk.3 (white) Escort behind the Volvo had an issue and lost the right front wheel, which you can see leaving the scene in the photo.

With the handling rather compromised, the Mk.3 Escort collected the red Mk.2 Escort and they both ended up in the gravel. No major damage done though: both cars were back out for the next qualifying heat 90 minutes later!

 

[Nico_Ble99]

First time ever shooting a WEC event. From having to wait five and a half hours for a tabard (I kid you not) to producing some of my best images yet. What an amazing day it was.
And yes, that Aston Martin screams like nothing else.

DSC01792 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC01623 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02197 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC01738 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02139 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC01651 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC01613 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

 

[tbtstt]

First time ever shooting a WEC event. From having to wait five and a half hours for a tabard (I kid you not) to producing some of my best images yet. What an amazing day it was.
And yes, that Aston Martin screams like nothing else.

Frustrating, but worth the wait! I think prototypes are awesome in pretty much every form and the current crop of Hypercars are some of the best (in my opinion). Some fantastic shots there, but the first picture of the 963 is definitely my favorite.

I was at Brands Hatch last weekend for the opening GT World Challenge Sprint round. Tried a few new spots... but none of them worked, so I ended up back at the usual places!

Few of my favourite cars:

Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (76) (Daniel Ali/Christian Bogle) by Steve White, on Flickr

BMW M4 GT3 Evo (32) (Charles Weerts/Kelvin van der Linde) by Steve White, on Flickr

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3 R (24) (Matisse Lismont/Jesse Salmenautio) by Steve White, on Flickr

Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (48) (Lucas Auer/Maro Engel) by Steve White, on Flickr

Porsche 911 GT3 R (96) (Sven Müller/Patric Niederhauser) by Steve White, on Flickr

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo (58) (Adam Smalley/Louis Prette) by Steve White, on Flickr

Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 (78) (Hugo Cook/Sandy Mitchell) by Steve White, on Flickr

McLaren 720S GT3 Evo (111) (Jim Pla/Simon Gachet) by Steve White, on Flickr

Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II (25) (Paul Evrard/Gilles Magnus) by Steve White, on Flickr

Said it before, but I just can't get enough of GT3. Such a great variety of cars (and sounds) on track.

 

[Nico_Ble99]

Frustrating, but worth the wait! I think prototypes are awesome in pretty much every form and the current crop of Hypercars are some of the best (in my opinion). Some fantastic shots there, but the first picture of the 963 is definitely my favorite.

Oh definitely! Though, I was that close to packing up and going home. Right when I wanted to get up and let the FIA people know, the kind lady from the front sent me an E-Mail saying "You can now come and pick up a tabard"
These Hypercars are such amazing pieces of kit. The sounds, the speeds and the looks all speak for themselves. And thanks for your kind words, it's definitely up there for me with the picture of the 499P approacing the bus stop chicane I posted as well.

I was at Brands Hatch last weekend for the opening GT World Challenge Sprint round. Tried a few new spots... but none of them worked, so I ended up back at the usual places!

It was actually the opposite for me last weekend at Spa during the GT Open event. I've been to a couple of spots I've already been to: the exit of the Bus Stop, the Kemmel kink and on the outside of Les Combs. The new spots were the outside of the corners Malmedy and Rivage. Here are some of the pics from Saturday:

DSC03144 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC03209 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC04101 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC04182 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC04115 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC03919 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02616 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02560 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02339 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02364 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02752 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

DSC02760 by NBLKRVISUALS, auf Flickr

 

[tbtstt]

Oh definitely! Though, I was that close to packing up and going home. Right when I wanted to get up and let the FIA people know, the kind lady from the front sent me an E-Mail saying "You can now come and pick up a tabard"
These Hypercars are such amazing pieces of kit. The sounds, the speeds and the looks all speak for themselves. And thanks for your kind words, it's definitely up there for me with the picture of the 499P approacing the bus stop chicane I posted as well.

Well you did well to hang on that long. I did a track event a few years ago and I waited just over two hours to sign on, and I was seconds away from snapping and going home then! WEC might make me wait a bit longer... but even with the appeal of Hypercars I don't think I'd have that much patience!

I find any day where I get pictures of the cars I like satisfying, but I enjoy it even more when you manage to find a new spot or a different angle and make it work.

DSC03209 by NBLKRVISUALS, on Flickr

Love this shot!

 

[GTracer38]

I was able to get over to PI for the Friday practice sessions of the SRO SpeedSeries earlier this year.

Was hoping to see the Bentley, which had been on track during the pre-event testing/ride day, but it had snuck over to the motor show.

gtwc4 by Matt Bink, on Flickr

DSC_0370 by Matt Bink, on Flickr

book75 by Matt Bink, on Flickr

DSC_0100 by Matt Bink, on Flickr

fc2 by Matt Bink, on Flickr

cc2 by Matt Bink, on Flickr

 

[tbtstt]

Few shots from Loheac Legend.

Citroen BX 4x4 T16 (1) (Jean-Luc Pailler) by Steve White, on Flickr

Audi Sport quattro S1 (49) (Andy Krinks) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 208 4x4 T16 (19) (Jérémy Lambec) by Steve White, on Flickr

MG Metro 6R4 (48) (Adam Keeler) by Steve White, on Flickr

Citroen Xantia XXL 4x4 T16 (1) (Fabien Pailler) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford RS200E (11) (Liam Doran) by Steve White, on Flickr

Volkswagen Beetle (115) (James Harrold) by Steve White, on Flickr

BMW E30 M3 (20) (Olivier Panagiotis) by Steve White, on Flickr

Fantastic mix of old and new, rally and rallycross. Several drivers were (understandably) not pushing too hard, but a lot of them were giving their cars a proper work out!

 

[tbtstt]

Back at Brands Hatch last weekend for Super Touring Power. Didn't go mad with the camera, but took a few snaps of my favourite shapes on track:

Honda Accord (51) (Michael Lyons) by Steve White, on Flickr

Vauxhall Vectra (5) (Colin Turkington) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford Falcon (18) (Andy Robinson) by Steve White, on Flickr

Renault Laguna (2) by Steve White, on Flickr

Ford Mondeo (33) (Conrad Timms) by Steve White, on Flickr

Holden Commodore VF (340) (Andy Sidwell) by Steve White, on Flickr

Nissan Primera GT (77) (Kayne Scott) by Steve White, on Flickr

Peugeot 406 (26) (Colin Sowter) by Steve White, on Flickr

Lot of memories attached to this era of racing, although I am not sure how sustainable the event is. A lot of the Super Touring cars seem very highly strung and are obviously tricky (and expensive) to run. Very glad of the drivers who did bring their cars and drive them hard though.

 

[Venom800tt]

Few pics I took with a friend up on a scenic overlook:

 

[Pearl Jam]

Got a brand new RF 200-800 to go with my R6 mk2 and must admit it’s a joy to use, took it out the other day in less than ideal light as I was curious how the images would turn out , I gotta say the low light performance of the camera is impressive indeed, having a high ISO isn’t the dealbreaker it used to be with these new cameras and the lens was amazing with it, lightning fast autofocus and never lost a lock on even when the light was particularly dodgy, looking forward to spending a lot of time with the combo 👌

 

[Pearl Jam]

Took the new RF 200-800 out again and the Kingfisher was much more amenable today 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 absolutely loving this lens.

 

[MatskiMonk]

 

[Team THRT Drift]

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[Pearl Jam]

So today was a pretty special day for a absolute bird fanatic as me and the wife spent a couple of hours in a hide near a Osprey nest here in north Wales, first time ever seeing these unbelievable birds and with their offspring too was humbling, just the most amazing experience..
Using the RF200-800 and constantly at 800mm due to the safety distance from the nest in less than ideal light it performed pretty flawlessly and it continues to impress me every time I use , obviously the pictures aren’t pin sharp and I would never expect them to be given the distance to the nest and poor light they are more than acceptable for what 99% of the users here will take pictures of for, and that’s to show their friends on FB.
Anyways, here are the Osprey pics, one of the best days birding I’ve ever had ❤️

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Beautiful shots!

 

[MatskiMonk]

Looks like he's going in for the kill on a little mini giraffe.