Rally/vehicle photography

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I know there may be no advice but someone may have a handy hint or 2 :D

Tomorrow I'm off to a vintage rally - and want some half decent photos. I will be on fine JPG for space reasons, I'll be taking my 18-105 VR lens...

Any help for decent pictures though? It's looking like it's going to be very sunny, I was wondering if the polarising lens may help take some of the shine off of things? I don't really want to be trying to use flash all day, plus angles are going to be limited at a guess.


Basically any hints/tips for getting decent pics would be appreciated :lol:
 
If you mean a motorsport special stage rally, rather than lots of cars parked up in lines on a field, put a filter (UV / protection etc) on the lens. Much stones etc get flung everywhere by the cars on gravel or in forests, better scratch a filter than the front element.

If the cars are travelling at speed you aren't going to have a great deal of time to twidle a CPL, not sure if it will benefit you much.

While most of the time you wont need it, it is a good idea to have the drive mode into the fastest auto advance you can, just in case someone spins / rolls / bounces off a tree etc, so you'll be able to capture plenty of pics.

None of the above applies to a "cars parked up in a field for people to look how shiny they are" type of rally.
 
If they're moving try and pick a location to shoot from that doesnt have a cluttered background
or anything that will distract the eye. Vintage cars probably wont be travelling that quick
but if you can pan with a slowish shutter speed, blur the background but keeping the
car in focus, will give the impression of speed..

For static stuff, the wider end of your lens and get in closer, try and wait for folk to
get out of the way..

I aint no expert at it but theres a few here from the last month or so:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob-w/sets/72157623901591761/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob-w/sets/72157624092516831/

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Oh sorry I forgot this forum wasn't cornwall based.. :D

A vintage rally is lots of old tractors, cars, some bikes, some stationary engines - most of the photos will be with them parked up, and they only go around the ring at under 5MPH anyway! Oh and all in a field so gravel tends to not be such an issue!

That's why I wondered if my CPL may help to combat the sunshine a bit for better pictures :D

Thanks for the advice :)
 
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