Woodpecker Rally 2012 @ Suicide alley!!

Gasmark · 2 Sep 2012

Spent the day yesterday at the Woodpecker stages. Haye Park was run twice so really no option but to go there. Morning was spent on a nice tight uphill hairpin and in the afternoon gave 'suicide alley' a go... Watched the top 3 run through hitting speeds of 90-110mph (that's what some speccy told me) and decided that's no place for a 43 year old with a camera..

Hers's some of my favourites from the day

1# Sponsered by Go Pro??

2#

3#

4# Too close for comfort standing here taking this, time to move...

5#

6# Every set of rally pics should finish with a flying MkII...

Thanks for looking, next stop Wales Rally GB...

TheBiscuitMafia · 2 Sep 2012

I love the last 3, they are really intresting. I love how in no.4 in the background the guy is using an ipad

what kind of lens were you using?

futuresnaps · 2 Sep 2012

Nice shots. Still find it funny seeing people take pictures with an Ipad!

Joeturner11 · 2 Sep 2012

Nice set!

chrispons · 3 Sep 2012

Hi Mark ,
I was at Suicide alley last year with half the BRF ,uhm ,not worth a life for a shot ,so didnt bother this year .
Good set mate,and nice spot for the Manta.

jontydixon · 3 Sep 2012

really caught the action in these! very exciting pics!

Gasmark · 3 Sep 2012

TheBiscuitMafia said:
I love the last 3, they are really intresting. I love how in no.4 in the background the guy is using an ipad what kind of lens were you using?

Simon, No's 2,4,6 Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 lens. No's 1,3,5 taken with a Nikon18-105mm standard DX kit lens.

Gasmark · 3 Sep 2012

chrispons said:
Hi Mark ,
I was at Suicide alley last year with half the BRF ,uhm ,not worth a life for a shot ,so didnt bother this year .
Good set mate,and nice spot for the Manta.

Cheers Chris, think the Manta shot requires some tweeking with the highlight levels, looks a little over exposed on here IMHO

The 'suicide alley' spot didn't look that bad when I got there. Had an escape plan just in case. Julian Wilkes went through and I thought ,ok perhaps a little bit silly. Then came the top 3 and Shaun Gardener getting it slightly off line and I knew it was time to move..

jontydixon said:
really caught the action in these! very exciting pics!

Many thanks

callumboath · 7 Sep 2012

Great shots

GAZA62 · 8 Sep 2012

Nice set love 2 especially the two fellas in the red polo shirts reeling back from the flying stones :LOL:

5 is another fave for me.

digitalCG · 9 Sep 2012

Great set, love the Manta image and of course the flying cars always impress.

alix · 9 Sep 2012

some realy cracking pics Mark no5 i love the most

Ben_ · 9 Sep 2012

Cracking captures!!! Great timing with the jump shots.

Ben

Gasmark · 9 Sep 2012

GAZA62 said:
Nice set love 2 especially the two fellas in the red polo shirts reeling back from the flying stones 5 is another fave for me.

That amused me to, hence leaving them in on the edit

digitalCG said:
Great set, love the Manta image and of course the flying cars always impress.

Cheers

alix said:
some realy cracking pics Mark no5 i love the most

Hi Alix, it did seem like I spent most of the day trying to get run over. The jumps were good but a little to close..

Ben_ said:
Cracking captures!!! Great timing with the jump shots.

Ben