Dakar Rally 2010

[canberra]

In the "Helicopters - Dakar style" photo topic Basman asked if I had in pictures of they 4-wheeled participants. And yes, of course I have, both 4-, 2- and 6- wheeled participants. Here a few.

#305 Mark Miller in his VW Touareg 2 a few houndred meters into stage 8.


#369 Chris Leyds, McRae Buggy, also at the start of stage 8.


#332 Miguel Barbosa, Mitsubishi Lancer, again start of stage 8.


#500 Firdaus Kabirov, Kamaz, start of stage 8.


#543 Paul Verheyden, DAF, just before CP1 stage 8.


#330 Patrick Sireyjol, Bowler, stage 9.


#347 tim Coronel, McRae Buggy, stage 9.


#374 Alberto Tornatore, Toyota Hilux, stuck on stage 9.


#433 Fernando Leon, Toyota Land Cruiser, stage 9.


#423 Christian Rubinetti, stage 9.


#139 Gabriel Juan Bottazzani, Honda CRF 450 X, stage 9.


#351 Robert Baldwin, Hummer H3, stage 9.


#503 Wuf van Ginkel, Ginaf, stage 9.


More photos can be found here http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s177 ... Dakar2010/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (more will be added when time allows)

All the best, Michael

[F17_114PM]

Great pictures!

[nustyR]

[Key]

Wow! Very impressive combination of motion blur where it looks great, and sharpness otherwise.
Does the general public have access to the locations you shot, or did you arrange something special? A few hundred meters into the stage I can imagine, but stuck somewhere on a hill suggests not being near the lavatories.

Erik

[js51672]

nice pictures, totally impressed!

[GoldenEagle]

Wow, nice pictures, i wish i was there!

Do you got a picture of my favorite driver, Robby Gordon in his Hummer?

Gr, GoldenEagle

[canberra]

Thanks all for the kind words. Always appreciated

Wow! Very impressive combination of motion blur where it looks great, and sharpness otherwise.

I remember a few years back I took lots of "frozen" pics at Zandvoort during the A1 GP. so dissapointing so never again. Agree I managed to get some nice motion blur on moving part here, but I do lack some over all sharpness.

Does the general public have access to the locations you shot, or did you arrange something special? A few hundred meters into the stage I can imagine, but stuck somewhere on a hill suggests not being near the lavatories.

Nothing arranged, just packed the car with the camping gear and off we were. In (Northern) Chile you pretty much have access everywhere (if you can find it and get there), not been in Argentina in connection with Dakar, but heard is a bit more regulated there. There is three public locations announced a day and they are great as a starting point. All the photos are taken within a couple of kilometres from one of those public locations. On stage 11 we found a nice remote hill between CP4 and CP5, only to find out that part of the stage was cancelled as the start was delayed due fog in the starting area. Luckily we still managed to head back towards the start and catch some action.

Do you got a picture of my favorite driver, Robby Gordon in his Hummer?

The Hummers were difficult, they tend to take different routes than everybody else, but here he is 300m into stage 8 and already off the beaten track.


And a bit of Dakar atmosphere
Co-driver looking for the best route


Happy co-driver, just got his car out of the sand


And when you will have to walk up hill to meet the car


Heat haze made this kind of shots very difficult.


And heat haze made this kind of shots almost impossible.


The wife showing her support at CP3 stage 8, the 10 year old Sukuzi still going strong


#420 Lino Sisterna, Mitsubishi, Stage 8, CP3


All the best, Michael (who will most likely go back next year, if the come here)

[Key]

All clear, thank you! Sounds like great fun if making the effort - nothing short of a spotting trip

And heat haze made this kind of shots almost impossible.

In retrospect, it might be an idea to pick some nearby object for focus, and have the dust blazers do their magic in the background. But it's already amazing like this.

Cheers,
Erik

[Basman]

Wow! Great pictures and quite a lot of them, too. My favourite is Van Ginkel's Ginaf as they used to buy their Christmas hampers ('kerstpakketten') from me when I was still working in that branch.

Bas

[Thijs]

Great shots!

Always nice to see the Dutch flag in a not common scenery.