F1 2009

Im finally back after a long break, to japan and back, then straight after that, to the f1 practice sessions, then a long way to seletar getting some syfc briefing before having a short break in activities.

So yeah, im pretty much really busy still. Who said the holidays are boring man.

Before i do a long series about my trip to japan, lets start things off with the latest big thing first. F1.


Yup, i've gotten tickets again, and i went with the same people again. Though this time we didnt spend much time camping for spots. For the first time Graeme was also around one of the grand stands, so we later met him and his father for dinner.

Its the usual feeling, really hot, crowded and loud. This time though i came prepared for the job at hand. I learnt much more too. Since now i have my zoom lens, taking quality pictures of the cars should be much easier.

Plus i've gotten a hold of JQs Canon 50D (a 2 generation successor to my old 30D), since it has a better noise control (better performance in the dark). The thing i didnt like about the 50D is that its full quality picture was 15mb big. so that ment that my 8gb flash card could only hold 400 pictures, unlike in my other camera, where i could save 800+ pictures. So i turned it down to 7.1 megapixels.

I really like the 50D man, im so freaking jealous of JQ, lol.

Ok back to f1. We didnt really camp at the same spot the whole time as we got bored and people were everywhere, so it was a much more relaxed trip compared to last year, and i kinda of enjoyed this time much better as my face wasnt constantly behind the camera.

Enough chatter now, so lets bring on the pictures!


First few panning shots turned out well. This isnt f1, this is some bmw cup. I missed the aston martins though :(

im not sure how to control where its blur really.

the bmw safety car. or suv.

everyone had their camera out. and its really EVERYONE.

im jealous. damn musst find a way to get that photographers pass next time.

i like the drivers expression. high.

the f1 practice session starts and one of my first photos. Not bad at all.

then the red bulls were riding real low. check out the sparks.

changed my angle to a fenceless area, though it wasnt really good place to take pics as no one is interested in the ass of the cars.

changed to another location, needed to shoot from between heads in the front row.

lewis hammimilton.

thats fisi in massas car. You can tell because Massa had the lead car, and lead cars have red on the camera mountings at the top of the cars, while second cars has yellow.

Brawn, i think button.

Hamilton again, lifting his front rights around the corner. must be running really soft suspension and anti roll bars.

a toyota bouncing around.

i like this shot. its really rare to get cars so close to each other in practice sessions.

Kimi and his ferrari.

camera, lights, action.

lol, peepers.

more peepers. Yup, we did the loosers sign to them, then ran away. of course, not before getting some shots. heehee.

some uriah looking dude in the fore ground. amateur photogs are EVERYWHERE.

Detail picture of rosbergs williams. check out the detail of the floor board at the start of the side pods.

red hot brakes.

Button again. Damn fence.

The ferraris were really hard to take for some reason, while the renaults and the toyotas were really easy. for some reason.

there are some dents on the base of the engine cover. i love the detail im able to capture man. the zoom lens is such a good buy.

got a better picture of it the second time it came round.


detail of the maclarens wheel covers.


Fernando...

the bmws new wing.

more detail. i like how the front wheel hub looks.

Met graeme and his father (nasty).

checked out f1 rocks while clement was buying his $4 500ml bottle of sprite.

not gonna catch anything with that, cept of course, video.

i like how many small sponsors on the force india. lol, and im starting to like force india. Go underdogs!.

the red bulls brakes, which would later give them problems in the race.

that bird is lost.

fisi was easier to catch than kimi, guess kims just that much faster.

brawn and laggy camera.

KIMI LOOKED RIGHT AT ME! *gushes like some gay bsb fan*. nah, he was just looking into his next corner.

the ferraris just looks awesome.

more red bulls. them damn red bulls have such similar cars that is hard to distinguish between the main red bull cars and the toro rossos.

heifield and the high nose of the beemers. robert must be quite used to this high nose considering his increase in form.

alonso again.


yup, pretty much it for the day.hopefully tmr i find the time to write another post.

Anyway, must thank JQ for lending me his camera, and graeme's father for treating us to sushi tei.

And clement owes me $40.