Kenotek Ypres Rally 2015

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Headed over to Belgium with a couple of mates for a motorsport double header. The Ypres Rally in Flanders, followed by the Summer Classic at Spa Francorchamps.
A truly excellent road trip, with astounding cars. It was my first motorsport run out with the new body 5d MK3 and the 400mm 5.6 that i've acquired, so a huge learning curve.
Still processing the shots from the trip, but managed to run some of the rally shots out first.
Any c&c welcome

1) Winner overall, Freddy Loix in the new Fabia R5 which is just pure sexiness. Almost 6R4-esque squared arches.

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2) I was impressed with the pace of the crew running this Opel Adam

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3) Trying to factor in a touch of elevation in the very flat Belgian landscapes

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4) I desperately wanted a sparks shot

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5) ...and I bagged one or two

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6) A nice little touch in the centre of Ypres

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7) Ill not post too many, but here is a leaping Porsche

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Cheers,

Matty
 
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Nice mix Matty, great foreground for the pan in #2. Be interested to hear what you think of 5D3 & 400 5.6 as I use that combo quite a bit at Brands.
 
loving the mk2 you can see he is giving it the beans and the sparks just add to it nice capture and like the porky
 
Nice touches with #3 & #4 :)
 
Neil. said:
Nice mix Matty, great foreground for the pan in #2. Be interested to hear what you think of 5D3 & 400 5.6 as I use that combo quite a bit at Brands.
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Thanks Neil, First impressions are very good. I've moved up from the 5Dc, so the AF improvement is colossal. I noticed at Spa, that the hit rate of slow pans was much more accurate, and shooting at a higher ISO for the airborne shots here, would just not be possible on the 5Dc. I'm really impressed with the sharpness of the lens, and the colour rendition seems to be a whole lot better. Looking back at these, I think 3 is the only one I am happy with, but I had a tinker in LR last night and have dragged the others up to a better standard in PP. Looking forward to giving the combo a run out at Donington this weekend.

minnnt said:
Excellent as always mate. #5 is a beauty. But i am partial to a mk2... Or 2.
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Thanks David, pleased you like them. It's been a while since I was at a rally, so I was a little rusty. Plus, the belgian stages are hard to factor in anything other than 3/4 shots or pans.

hoochy1 said:
loving the mk2 you can see he is giving it the beans and the sparks just add to it nice capture and like the porky
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Thanks Rab, There were a number of MK2s really pushing on. The light had gone by the time the historics came through this section, which was a pity, as 15 minutes before, there was the most amazing sunset and ambient light.

gramps said:
Nice touches with #3 & #4 :)
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Thanks very much Gramps, I'm quite fond of #3

ReinisB said:
Superb work!
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Thank you Reinis, a long way off your Sardinia set, I'd love to cover some of the WRC events. Your processing really makes the shots sing too...... Do you do lessons??

minnnt said:
Anyway, chop chop, i wanna see your Eau Rouge shot... ;)
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Hahaha. I have about half the shots sorted from Spa, but due to the ridiculous accuracy of the AF on the mk3, there are a LOT more shots than I expected. Ill whittle it down to six and get them up tomorrow.
 
I do lessons, but I live in Northern Ireland, not England sadly!
Rally shots really do need only a minimal processing. I love this set a lot, and really think it is good as it is! Well done!
 
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