Sports
A long time ago, I took some pictures on Formula One racing for Town & Country Magazine. These are a few of the unpublished photos.
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Kodachrome 64, Nikon F2 w/80-200mm f/4.5 Nikkor |
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Kodachrome 64, Nikon F2 w/180mm f/2.8 Nikkor |
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Kodachrome 64, Nikon F2 w/180mm f/2.8 Nikkor |
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Ektachrome 400, Nikon F2 w/80-200mm f/4.5 Nikkor |
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Alex Ribeiro blasts out of the pits. Ektachrome 400, Nikon F2 w/80-200mm f/4.5 Nikkor |
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The pro race photographers, no fools they, go to the chicanes, where the cars are forced to slow down, giving them a chance to shoot sharp pictures instead of blurred frames. The race sponsors, also no fools, put their billboards there, forcing the photographers to include their ads in the pictures. You can see the resultant clutter in this picture. Ektachrome 400, Nikon F2 w/500mm f/8 Reflex Nikkor |
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Ektachrome 400, Nikon F2 w/80-200mm f/4.5 Nikkor |
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This is typical of my attempts to pan as a car rockets down one of the straights. Ektachrome 400, Nikon F2 w/80-200mm f/4.5 Nikkor |
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Ektachrome 400, Nikon F2 w/80-200mm f/4.5 Nikkor |
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Nikki Lauda, Formula One driving champion in '75 and '77, was seriously burned in a fiery crash while driving for Ferrari in 1976 at Nuerburgring. Despite this he was kind enough to sit unselfconsciously. Kodachrome 64, Nikon F2 w/180mm f/2.8 Nikkor |
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Kodachrome 64, Nikon F2 w/180mm f/2.8 Nikkor |