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Added: 10 Apr 2016	Category: Anything Else
Circuit of Ireland SS10 & SS14
With Autograss racing cancelled due to the weather I got a chance to take in a few stages of the Circuit of Ireland. Itâ€™s a lot of years since Iâ€™ve taken in any of the Circuit and I had expected it would now have got to the stage that H&S would have made you stand that far back from the stages that youâ€™d need the wind to blow in the right direction to even be able to hear them. Thankfully that proved to be a misconception and refreshingly I was able to take photos quite close to the action without needing to be dressed up in enough hi-viz that I could be mistaken for someone going to a 90â€™s rave. Different conditions and an old lens that has sticking aperture blades meant an afternoon of tinkering with camera settings which meant a lot of trial and error. It was more about the things I enjoy from photography and less about going through the motions that Oval racing has become for me. It was the first time Iâ€™d photoâ€™d a Rally out on the Roads which was enjoyable and refreshing in itself but the highlight I think was seeing a Lancia Stratos out in competition, I donâ€™t recall ever seeing one in the flesh in proper competition before, they are an awesome machine.















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