Team O'Neil Rally School Experience Day. Happy birthday to me.
(f/5.6, 1/640 sec., ISO-400)The only bad thing about these pictures is the light. It was raining and snowing and overcast all day: pretty much the nastiest conditions for picture-taking. The picture below was taken with the "automatic" setting and you can see even the camera struggled to get something decent. I touched up the light in this photo some, but the color is just sad. Doesn't matter. I had a blast!
(f/9, 1/200 sec., ISO-400)The black car was my favorite. I think it drove the best. Please note the mismatched wheels.
(f/9, 1/200 sec., ISO-400)Wyatt, one of the instructors, taking several students on the end-of-the-day "maximum attack" ride in the "83" Audi.
(f/9, 1/200 sec., ISO-400)For the "maximum attack," the instructors drove five cars at once and let all family and friends of the class participants go along for the ride. You can see where the cars came down the hill and made a sharp right turn in the parking lot before heading back up the hill. Not sure who was driving these two...
(f/7.1, 1/250 sec., ISO-400)If you look at the car (click on the picture to make it bigger), you will see that the wheels are pointed at the camera even though the car is already pointed in the direction of the next part of the road. Pretty groovy, huh? I think I might have put the camera into "automatic" mode here, but it might still have been me on manual. Either way, I'm pretty happy with the picture. Still wish the sun would have come out, though!
(f/9, 1/125 sec., ISO-400)Though the "89" car was going fast (as you can see), whomever was driving it was totally holding back. I'd had the best driving experience with Alan, so I hopped into his car for the "maximum attack." Excellent decision.
(f/5.6, 1/80 sec., ISO-400)Unnnnnfortunately, I left my new flash at home which means that poor Alan's face is half-covered in shadow thanks to the Canon's fantastic built-in flash, perpetually obscured by 1/3 of the lens. That's okay! He didn't care either! (Notice the mud all over his pants. We were having fun.)
(f/8, 1/25 sec., ISO-400)Alan, left, and my rally partner for the day, Brian, on our second go around the course.
(f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO-800)I tried to get a good shot of the road outside as well as what was going on inside, but it was nearly impossible since: a) we were going fast, b) the windows were fogged up, c) the car was vibrating like mad, d) I couldn't settle on an exposure that would allow me to capture detail both inside and outside the car, and e) I was trying to enjoy myself and not worry too much about pictures!!
(f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO-800)I think we were airborne for this one.
(f/4.5, 1/10 sec., ISO-800)Back home. I don't think I'm ever going to wash these babies.
Team O'Neil Rally School
Awesome. Totally awesome
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