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As I'm sure a lot of you know, WADRIFT Round 1 was on at Barbagallo Raceway this weekend. It was a great day of drifting, even though we had a little bit of rain later in the day and as usual Steve and I were out in the sun shooting photos and video.

I've just finished putting the photos up and Steve will be working on the video editing through the week, though no promises on when it'll be done.

As always, all photos are available as prints or high resolution digitals and we've got additional photos of most cars that didn't "make the cut" if you're interested.

Prints are available anywhere from 6x4" right up to 30x48", so if you're interested you can email us at [email protected] - we're still working on putting together a full online ordering system at the moment, so email is the way to go!

You can see the full gallery here, but here are some highlights:

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Levi's photos..

Right click save as right click save as

You kill my finger :D

Still have that one of my 33gtr framed on my bedroom wall :blush:

Oh great stuff, glad you like them!

I should really make the effort to come along to some more events, it's been ages since I've done anything with SAUWA! :(

Levi those are some awesome shots, I was there on sunday also. It was a great day until the rain came down... must say I got rather wet. :mrt: Ive recently gotten my hands on a dslr and had a go at some of the motion blur shot.... I have a long way to go to get anywhere near shots like yours :D

Hi Levi, Driver Training on the 31st, come along :ninja:

I'll try my best to come down and shoot a few pics, maybe even do a video.

will be getting in touch with you about the 3 photo battle sequence you got of me against my team mate

Great, just let me know your car numbers and I'll dig up any of the shots I have.

Levi those are some awesome shots, I was there on sunday also. It was a great day until the rain came down... must say I got rather wet. :devil: Ive recently gotten my hands on a dslr and had a go at some of the motion blur shot.... I have a long way to go to get anywhere near shots like yours :)

I didn't think the rain would last very long, so I stood there trying to wait it out. Needless to say, both my camera and I got very wet. Thank god for weather sealing! ;)

For the panning shots, get a decently long lens (150mm or more) set your camera to Tv (shutter speed priority mode) then set your shutter speed to somewhere around 1/150th of a second. Set your cameras focusing mode to continuous/sports/servo and then as the cars drive past, pick a spot on the car (I usually use a headlight or door mirror) and try to pan with the car keeping a focus point over that part of the car. Then, pick and choose your shots (don't just machine gun for the whole pass or your camera will probably struggle to get good focus and you'll find it hard to track the motion smoothly).

When I'm feeling brave (or I'm using a lens with IS) I'll go as far as 1/60th of a second, but usually I find myself hanging around 1/100th.

Mrs has a 1D, what lens would you recommend for motorsport?

Depends on your budget, but the 70-200mm f/4L IS is great for motorsports (image stabilization makes things much easier). if you're looking for a little more reach, try the 300mm f/4L IS or 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS.

I didn't think the rain would last very long, so I stood there trying to wait it out. Needless to say, both my camera and I got very wet. Thank god for weather sealing! :ninja:

For the panning shots, get a decently long lens (150mm or more) set your camera to Tv (shutter speed priority mode) then set your shutter speed to somewhere around 1/150th of a second. Set your cameras focusing mode to continuous/sports/servo and then as the cars drive past, pick a spot on the car (I usually use a headlight or door mirror) and try to pan with the car keeping a focus point over that part of the car. Then, pick and choose your shots (don't just machine gun for the whole pass or your camera will probably struggle to get good focus and you'll find it hard to track the motion smoothly).

When I'm feeling brave (or I'm using a lens with IS) I'll go as far as 1/60th of a second, but usually I find myself hanging around 1/100th.

Awesome, Ill give that a try next time :)

Yeah I know the rain was nuts, im just glad my jacket kept the water back. Other wise my camera would be ruined haha.

Awesome, Ill give that a try next time :P

Yeah I know the rain was nuts, im just glad my jacket kept the water back. Other wise my camera would be ruined haha.

The mrs has a "raincoat" for her camera, she tried using it to protect against paint spray but it's too hot in summer so she only pulls it out when it's going to rain.

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