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Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:45 am
by sury
Here is my flicker link to the sequence of shots capturing a crash.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bigsur/se ... 818376592/
Check Car#57
In the middle of the crash
Crash landing but happy ending. The driver is in front of the car in dark jacket. He walked to the emergency vehicle on his own, albeit a bit wobbly.

Re: Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:44 pm
by Birma
Ouch! That shot with the lose wheels in flight is amazing! Well taken Sury

(Hope the driver was ok?)
Re: Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:00 pm
by Juanito200
Agreed with the timing of the shot Sury! It looks as if the tire on the left of the photo has become separated from the wheel/hub assembly.
That McLaren looks luck to have passed through unscathed.. I'd be willing to bet that it was a very expensive wreck none the less.
Re: Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:53 pm
by sury
Thank you gents. Andy, the driver was wearing a dark jacket in the third shot. We saw him being walked
to emergency vehicle. What I do not know is if there are any internal injuries. I have a 30 image series
on my flickr page that shows few more frames. I did provide the link in my post.
Sury
Re: Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:20 am
by mvanrheenen
Most of the time, if a driver can walk to an ambulance on his own, he isn't seriously injured.
As I commented earlier I like the second shot. Just a shame the fence was in the way. Besides that, it's a great action shot.
Mark
Re: Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:58 pm
by sury
Thank you Mark. It happened so fast that
I just started shooting. It was scarier as I was
watching it much closer due to zoom.
Good thing the car only spun and did not
flip. I agree about the fence. There is no need
for it to be that tall in THAT location. It
does spoil the view.
Re: Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 8:06 pm
by Kalainen
Like others have already commented, the second pic is great because it shows the dance of the parts and tyres, which usually happens too fast for the nakes eye to really concentrate on it. I can only imagine if one of those tyres would hit into cockit of coming car or similar. Your picture makes it look more dangerous (and what it actually is) than similar stuff on TV. Well done, Sury.
-Toni
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Toni Ahvenainen (1976)
Year of the Alpha - 52 Weeks of Sony Alpha Photography:
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Re: Historic Car Races 2014 Crash
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:29 am
by sury
Thank you Toni. Serendipity is a good thing to have on your side.
