Critique Welcomed Three photos (of many!) from the Orange Rally, NSW Australia

[Stevenson Gawen]

I spent last weekend at Orange, for the annual car rally... I was actually there primarily as a service crew member, with a possibility for photography in the afternoon, but our car was forced to retire very early with a mechanical failure, so I ended up being free to take a lot more photos.
Hard to pick a favorite really, so here's three varied picks!
They went down quite well on FB, but that was arguably an uncritical audience



Nikon D750, Tamron 70-200 f2.8

 

[Pete Askew]

Some damn fine action shots there, Steve. I like that you have retained background and wheel blur as it were in the first, and the dust in the second shot helps create the feel of action too. My favourite though is the last shot even though it is not immediately obvious that it was taken during a rally. I think (like with wildlife photography) retaining context makes for a much more impactful image than just the subject, especially if one can create a strong composition as well as as you have done with the third image.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Thank you Pete! I'm not entirely happy with the composition of the middle one - feels a little unbalanced I think, althought somehow it seemed alright until I posted it here to stand (or fall) by itself, as it were. The last one was interesting as it was the last car through, on the final stage so it was pretty dark - that shot is 1/80th, f2.8 @ ISO 10000 if I remember right (too lazy to check right now...) and it was also by far the oldest car in the rally. A Plymouth PE from the 30s I think!

 

[Bob Janes]

Thank you Pete! I'm not entirely happy with the composition of the middle one - feels a little unbalanced I think, althought somehow it seemed alright until I posted it here to stand (or fall) by itself, as it were. The last one was interesting as it was the last car through, on the final stage so it was pretty dark - that shot is 1/80th, f2.8 @ ISO 10000 if I remember right (too lazy to check right now...) and it was also by far the oldest car in the rally. A Plymouth PE from the 30s I think!

I guess you could try a crop losing most of the tape on the right and a bit off the top above the dust cloud... but they are fine shots in my book..

 

[Brian Moore]

Three very fine images but number 3 takes the cake for me.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

I guess you could try a crop losing most of the tape on the right and a bit off the top above the dust cloud... but they are fine shots in my book..

Three very fine images but number 3 takes the cake for me.

Bob, Brian, thanks very much! I agree about the crop - I did actually that on a different image from the same spot, but this one 'seemed' ok.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Crackin' pics 😃

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

One more... same corner different angle.

 

[Pete Askew]

What wonderful light, and a nice sense of action again. Super stuff.