Formula One Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal, Quebec)

Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR

06/17/2005 12:25:32 PM · #1

Went up to the Grand Prix in Montreal last weekend, lugging along my new Sigma EX 70-200mm f/2.8 ... I'm so happy with the results. I've uploaded a few shots here... the 640x480 doesn't really do them justice, and I still haven't worked out good USM settings on these for posting up here... but without further ado:

/Andrew

aznym

Fujifilm X-T3

06/17/2005 12:28:14 PM · #2

Very nice. I particularly like the McLaren and the lockup shot of the Jordan.

Donaldo

Nikon D1H

Sigma 14mm f/3.5 for Nikon

06/17/2005 12:31:18 PM · #3

Yeh I also like the McLaren and the Redbull car.

06/17/2005 12:32:20 PM · #4

Thanks. :D

I put up around 300 shots (straight off the camera with the exception of cropping/scaling, no USM or anything) over in my web gallery:

//strange.net/gallery/20050610-F1-GP-Canada

/Andrew

Message edited by author 2005-06-17 12:32:47.

Minutia

06/17/2005 01:12:07 PM · #5

Great shots! I'm a big fan of auto racing, and can't wait until I get to my next one with some good gear to shoot with. You must have had great seats, or where were these taken from?

06/17/2005 01:49:21 PM · #6

They were all taken from grandstand #33 near the turn 6/7 complex at the track... our seats for most of the shots (everything except Friday practice) were in the 14th row of the grandstand (row N). It's hard to say how far away we were, but it was a pretty serious distance... as an idea...

That shot is from our spot the first day, and on the other days, we were down by the red cooler in the lower right of the shot.

/Andrew

Minutia

06/17/2005 01:59:13 PM · #7

I thought it might have been higher seats. I used to get seats down further, but I always had a fence in front of me. I'll always get higher ups from now on. Much better photos.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/17/2005 02:08:26 PM · #8

Originally posted by Minutia:

I thought it might have been higher seats. I used to get seats down further, but I always had a fence in front of me. I'll always get higher ups from now on. Much better photos.

Yeah, when I was on the phone with the woman at the track to get tickets, she said that anything above row M or so in the grandstand we were in would allow me to shoot over the fence.

Some of my shots had some bits of fence in the bottom, but most of them cropped right out... for instance, the shot of Narain Karthikeyan in the gravel trap:

You can see the fence blurred at the bottom of the shot.

Oddly, a good friend of mine is Narain's cousin... sounds like he's going to want some prints from me. =)

/Andrew

Netwalker100

Canon EOS-30D

06/17/2005 02:50:01 PM · #9

Really nice photos.

Congrats.

Mr_Pants

SiPix Blink

06/17/2005 02:52:00 PM · #10

Some absolutely wonderful shots here. Sharp, colourful and well-captured. It can be extremely difficult catching these motors in full flight. Good choice of seating - we went to Silverstone last year and managed to get to sit really close to the track. The fence was a nightmare for someone like me trying to take photos. I think it ruined at least 90% of the shots I took.

Again, great shots.