Quote from mrodgers :

I don't think anyone has raced LFS their whole life... Er... well... my daughter is close (6 yrs old, she's raced LFS half her life )

Bet she gives you a good run for your money too :P

Thanks chaps!

Hi Gents,

Thanks for the comments. It's really encouraging to hear you all talk like that.

Smax, thanks for the advice. That is what I did for most of the shots (i.e. the Toyota), as the AF is simply insufficient for that type of photography, I find. (Good photo indcidentally ) The thing is, the GT40 was exiting Luffield, one of the slowest points of the course, and he was coming towards me just as he started to drop the rear. Had to take the photo anyway! Little gutted though - Christijan Albers dropped his Spyker right in front of me at T1 just as I was bent down changing lenses! Got the aftermath though.

And the other instance was when I gave the camera to the girl who you see in the photo to take some shots of the Historic Series cars. I whacked the camera onto Auto Focus, for her, and she reeled some photos off. I took the camera back, forgot it was on auto focus. It decided to focus on the fence during these two:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 098294_9bde7eda3a.jpg?v=0
http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 244151_d25235d367.jpg?v=0

Grrr.

To give you an idea, this photo's EXIF is here:

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 72 dpi
Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
Date and Time: 2007:07:06 14:37:05
Exposure Program: Shutter priority
Date and Time (Original): 2007:07:06 14:37:05
Date and Time (Digitized): 2007:07:06 14:37:05
Shutter Speed: 9487/1140
Metering Mode: Pattern
Color Space: sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution: 3954.233 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution: 3958.763 dpi
White Balance: Manual

Some of the photos were taken at a faster shutter speed (you have no idea how fast these machines really are unless you're right up close at race pace), but you loose all sense of motion (as with some of the earlier ones I posted - the Ferrari is one).

Unfortunately Rappa, I only had a 75-300mm lens (not even IS), so I didn't manage to get close enough to the RedBull's to be able to really make out any individual pictures. The one of the steering wheel was taken from a showcar, which had the standard livery. Which, in all honesty, is a little silly when you come to think about it.

And thanks Michael. The best photos of people are ones where they are unaware - and I don't think you get any more unaware than at a Formula One weekend Have a tonne more of the Porsche Supercups runs, but I find them quite uninspiring. Then again, I'm not a huge fan of them

Still have another batch of around 350 to be uploaded. And in the best of all, and in the words of Maverick and Goose, "I feel the need: the need for speed"!

Last edited by creativesurgeon, Fri 20 Jul 2007, 08:54. Reason : I had more to say!

Quote from The Very End :

Never heard about them
Pictures please?

http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Assen
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki ... _-_Scaperia_%28Firenze%29

Have you got it working yet? My God, how awesome would it be?

Thanks Niki. Looking to get some blown-up and one or two whacked onto canvas.

You stream music from other peoples servers, or just encode your own and upload it.

Thanks chaps. Tell me about it Sully.

No, I didn't TiJay, and I was there all three days!

Quote from Stellios :

FEAR online?
Americas Army?

I never managed to get my reg code for FEAR Combat. There seemed to be a fault in the script in both Firefox and IE. Damn.

http://www.radioblogclub.com/

Very good system

Quote from ans7812 :

Detecting sarcasm over the internet is near impossible unless the speaker is blatantly obvious about it. To me, your statement was not, which is why i understood it as an argument.

Ah, let's just drop it. Kick my arse at LFS later instead, that'll show me

Just a few of the 1500-odd photos I reeled off at Silverstone this year...

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http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 61311988_92c4e2a5ab_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 60431691_20ce9833b7_b.jpg - Vapour trails http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 61291944_03f4af2594_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 61272036_42f06e7be5_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 60253589_b9b68eef72_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 61095888_e470bb2693_b.jpg - Shame about the fence etc. in front http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 56923132_bacf5a92d0_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com ... 56921320_1bda2cc9d4_b.jpg
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What do you guys reckon?

Ice Cream (Van She Tech Remix) - New Young Pony Club

I can give you what you want.
I can make your heart beat short.
I can make you ice cream
We could be a sweet team
Melting in your vice dreams, sport.

It's one of the golden rules of LFS. At the end of the day, it's a one-off charge of £24 for S2, which unlocks a multitude of circuits, cars and races online. Get your friend to buy it as well, and you'll have someone else you already know to race with.

You're obviously already hooked, just take the plunge

Looks good Celtic. Must have a run this evening. Only thing I would say is, that the corners are 'blind' - your view would be obstructed by the barriers at the approach to the corner, so you couldn't know how tight the corner itself is until you do a series of runs. Perhaps you could replacea the last barrier at each with a few cones? Would mean that the any clipping of the inside wouldn't be penalised so harshly either.

Just a suggestion

Just signed up. I can't wait

Quote from ans7812 :

you are proving my point without even knowing it. you have obviously not read my post or have read it but not comprehended it.

I think I did old chap. I think that comprised part of the irony of my comment. Perhaps you should get off of your shoebox.

Quote from quackdougal :

up until recently i had 3 wheels plugged in here, an old ms sidewinder non-ffb wheel (no pedals) for steering, a saitek r220 for the down hanging pedals (clutch and brake) and a logitech formula gp (non-ffb) for the brake pedal which i used as the accelorator. (its amazing what you can pick up at bootsales, lmao)

Pictures! :spin:

Maybe he's going to leave it until your race this weekend. Maybe it's a sign...

Quote from Liberation :

www.cms-medien-design.de

47Slot LFS Server = 16€
24Slot LFS Server = 8€

Demoaccount with running Server:
http://www.games.cms-medien-design.de
User: demo
PW: demo

Best Regards Alex

Shame your site is only in German Alex. English would be handy for those of us who aren't fluent in German, and who really don't want to use Google Translate for everything

Definately do it. It is the best piece of kit money can buy. A sturdy wheel, acurate, more degrees of rotation than you know what to do with, pedals with some resistance in them, proper clutch... The list goes on.

Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it!

Quote from Sponge :

Btw, it's tighter than it looks..

Even better

Any pictures of your mangled car?

Looks like the good ol' FO8 could be fun there!

Whack in the odd tight chicane along those straights, could be great fun

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

It's a very nice golf course and does host a PGA event, but it's not that nice.

Almost like Indy itself. Very nice, and it hosts (or rather, used to host) a Formula One race, but it's not that nice.