Cambrian Rally

[SimonMW]

Some shots from the Cambrian Rally in Snowdonia, North Wales.

Like last time I tried to go less for the motion blurred look. There was a lot of water around so I wanted to freeze that, but still keep some wheel movement if it was possible.

1.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407880020_zmRH6-L.jpg

2.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407880225_FqQvM-L.jpg

3.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407880969_gsAeS-L.jpg

4.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407881422_y3vBx-L.jpg

5.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407882207_o8Uvy-L.jpg

6.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407882719_qerhu-L.jpg

7.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407926720_rN2jH-L.jpg

8.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407926479_MXcWv-L.jpg

9.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407927104_Bz8tJ-L.jpg

10.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407927494_PE4Az-L.jpg

11.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/407927959_k3Xdt-L.jpg

12.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408009674_FznzY-L.jpg

13.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408026929_7ymEp-L.jpg

14.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408011983_RwTi7-L.jpg

15.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408028546_raNvW-L.jpg

16.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408031577_8hRxR-L.jpg

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http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408033411_7Q2Wv-L.jpg

18.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408035417_MYgSr-L.jpg

19.
http://radiantworld.smugmug.com/photos/408034939_j8Dvh-L.jpg

[Jeffro]

Pretty cool shots, but I can't help but wonder if some of them would have benefitted from fill flash. :dunno

[SimonMW]

Well really fill flash would have been of no use at the distances involved in all but the last two photos (where I did use subtle fill flash as you can see from the car license plates). In quite a few photos there is strong sun behind me at a fairly low angle. Can't really get much more fill light than that! :)

Too much fill and the picture lacks light/dark differential and ends up looking very flat. I don't think it is important to see every single bit of detail in shadows. The overall effect of a picture is more important IMO.

The other trouble with flash is the various effects it can have on fast moving subjects when trying to achieve a particular look. The synch speed on my camera is only 1/180th, and unless trying to freeze the water as I was in many of these shots too much flash would have frozen bits of motion that I really did not want frozen, or have led to really odd looking motion trails. But I don't have huge experience of flash photography so I'm just going on my limited experience with it. :)

[Greensquared]

I love #3, 4 & 6. #15 is great for crowd reaction!