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[BBJ]

Hi All , well went to drags today for the first i have ever been to 1 of these shows and was ok a bit warm to start of with but later in the afternoon rain put an end to it all, so everyone packed up and left. Anyhow here is a few pics from my days outing.







Cheers
John
BBJ

[Catcha]

First one is my favourite, which lens did you use for these the Nikon ?

[BBJ]

Sigma 70-200 Ben, and last 1 nikon kit lens.

[Catcha]

Sigma 70-200 Ben, and last 1 nikon kit lens.

Damn top shots as always, think i might need to invest in a 70-200 and get cracking at it

[Jeff]

Hi John
The Drags are always great action shots yours are great . I like No1 the best.

Thanks
Jeff

[drifter]

Cool shots John . The first one looks great .
I think the 5th shot , the tail shot , would have looked better with more of the drag strip in frame .The strip fading into the distance kind of thing . Just my humble opinion

Where was that run at ? The trees mounted on a tyre rim .

[BBJ]

Drifter, this was held about 60 ks away from Mt Gambier up in the vineyards of Coonawarra, it is an old airstrip that they close for the day and turn it into a drag strip. Was very hottish through out the morning and being sort of out on the edge of the vineyards was very smoky and hazy from the fires from over the border so this is why i cropped that shot as it was just all bright as i was trying to use a very low shutter behind the car to see if i could grab and distortion from the tires.

It was rainging when i left home and well cleard but later it looked very stormy and was about 30c and started raining and well that put an end to the day so we made it too eliminations and was cancelled.
My first time so was new to me.

[Big V]

John, good work.. welcome to the world of drag racing...when you get a chanc to see these at night it is specky..

[fozzie]

John - excellent work as usual. Looks like a very successful day at the drags. I can almost smell the burning rubber and the fumes.

#5 does it for me
Hope the parachute worked at the end of the run

[Onyx]

Super sharp, super contrasty and superb captures, as usual John.

I like the varied positions you've shot at, esp behind the dragster - one I haven't seen before.

[BBJ]

Thanks Fozzie, BV, Chi, here is another shot from behind as you can see it was very hazy and smokey. Pic for the Holden fans like me.LOL


Cheers
John

[elffinarts]

John the second version of #5 is my fav, I love that heat haze!
Makes me want to do the drive out to Willowbank again. It's been years.

[cordy]

Nice shots John.. good to see you got good access too

Chris

[BBJ]

Thanks Mark and Chris, yes i had the run of the track well off and not in the road, so allowed some good shots even the crowd would have got some good shots as was in the open.