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Belgium F1 GP 2005

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Belgium F1 GP 2005

Postby ozczecho on Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:22 am

I was lucky enough to attend this years Belgium F1 GP - my fave track. Packed my gear into Mini Trakker AW (thnx Birdy) and met my bro in London, then off to Brussels via the Eurostar (feels funny going from England to Belgium via train...) The track is about a 90min drive from Brussels in some pretty nice country (wish I had time to shoot in and around the track).... anyway here are some picks from the trip.

Suggestions, comments, critiques are always welcome.

Ster - a village about 1km from track. This is where we parked
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Eau Rouge
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Sauber in qualifying. I decided to practice my panning. This is definately one of my successes (I think)
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....here is another panning shot...this time a Minardi.
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After the race..
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Podium presentation
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Postby MCWB on Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:53 am

Holy shit, another D70users.com member there! :shock: I was there too, we should have had a mini-meet! :lol:

Where did you watch from? We were seated in the middle of 'Le Raidillon' for Friday (as seating was free then, yay!) until after the 2nd F1 practise session, when we left as it was raining cats and dogs. Saturday and Sunday we were in the middle of Pouhon, looking pretty much straight down the run to the Fagnes chicane. Will try and get some of my pics up too, Spa is such an awesome track to shoot at, 1000 times better than Melbourne! :) Wouldn't have minded a 300 or 400 mm f/2.8 though. ;)
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Postby wendellt on Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:27 am

I love the scenery and atmosphere of the 2nd pic

Belgium is such a wonderful place, french culture without the acerbic Parisian attitude
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:56 am

Great shots, if you have any more (either of your please post them).
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Postby anubis on Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:09 am

Love th shot o Eau rouge.....really shows why it is one of the most challenging corners in F1... :)
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Postby ozczecho on Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:11 am

MCWB - Damn ... another chapter for dslrusers could have been written in Belgium :)

We only got there saturday morning and spent most of the time in the grandstand on the way down to Eau Rouge. Friday would have been mad as it was access all areas :( Sounds like you covered most of the circuit. We basically had a walk around saturday but only made it as far as La Source and Raidillon.

All my car shots were aptured using my trusty 70-300ED...and the Kit Lens for the rest. Like u a 300 or 400 f/2.8 would have been nice...

Cant wait to see yor pics. BTW where did you stay while in Belgium?

Wendellt - yeah we had a great time in Belgium. Found a place that had 200 odd Belgian beers on the menu and started from page 1 and made it to page.... :roll:

Alpha_7....will do and thanks
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Postby Glen on Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:14 am

Mike, nice shots, the composition on the Eau Rouge shots is wonderful :D




Trent, sounds like you are getting the full benefit of being in Europe
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Postby leek on Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:22 pm

Aaahhh - Spa Francorchamps... Nothing to compare to it... Little between you and the cars except trees and fresh air... I'm jealous... I haven't been there for about 10 years...
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Postby ozczecho on Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:45 pm

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Its been my favourite track ever since I started watching F1, and then playing GP by Microprose on the PC...so when the chance came up to go there....

Anway some more pics

The next world champion :D
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Eau Rouge Race day...very foggy all day but atleast dry where we sat.
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Inside the complex. I travelled 1/2 around the world to find that Fosters is the only beer sold inside the track. Needless to say we drank water.
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Some Dutch Shumacher fans set up a shrine for their hero.
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Montoya - this one I photoshopped to give it the panning look
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