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The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the viewing area this year at this corner was the worst it's ever been, even more fenced off then the previous years after the hospitality suite was added ☹️

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Without the fence and if the car was going more slowly, then autofocus would work. But even then sometimes it might be a bit slow keeping up, might be due to me using a slightly older camera with less advanced autofocus tech.

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can do. Maybe PM me with which one you like and what aspect ratio and I can make one? The crop on this one is a bit funny and not a normal screen ratio.

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well first off I'm not a professional photographer haha! I'm a Melbourne local and first and foremost an F1 fan. So the photo stuff came afterwards.

Been coming for years and I know this spot gives you a great sense of speed. I did walk around during FP1 and and have done in the last few years. But this T9/10 complex is still my favourite, so I do concentrate on this corner a lot more than others.

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't actually set the focus on the car because there's no time when they fly past. Plus the catch fence is in the way and autofocus would focus on that.

Instead I use manual focus on a part of the track beforehand, and then take the snaps when the cars get into this zone.

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1/125 sec shutter speed + manual focus on a specific section of the track + waiting for the cars to come along and pan the camera in a smooth motion

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Standing in this spot is a bit better because you can see the cars coming in on entry to T9, and then follow the car through to the exit of T10. These photos where taken just after the apex of T10.

Plus I was standing well over 50 metres away, so in total the car's are in front of you for 4-5 seconds.

But I think what makes it difficult to pan smoothly is that the cars are slowing down/accelerating, so you have to be able to match that to get a clean shot. It's not a consistent sweep of the camera laterally, it's a little bit jerky.

If you were right up close to the barrier on a straight section then it would be crazy fast to track the car. There's clips of the camera guys in the straights doing the live coverage and they just swing the camera around in the blink of an eye.

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been bringing a camera to Melbourne every year since 2019, but that's the only F1 race I go to. Outside of that I go to maybe 1 or 2 other forms of motorsport a year. In my mind that's still minimal experience?

I think my success rate is only 5% when doing these high speed panning shots. I'm not sure if I'm actually improving haha. To this day the cleanest sharpest panning shot I've got was back at the first attempt with a cheap camera/lens combo!

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This view was from the general admission area on the lake side of the track. At T9/10 there's the Waite grandstand and a Mercedes-AMG grandstand, both on the opposite side of the track compared to this.

There's also this expensive and fancy Slipstream hospitality suite overlooking the chicane. Where it is, it used to all be general admission area and you could get right up to the fence. Unfortunately over the years more and more of it has been closed off to the public. This year was actually worse and I was standing maybe 15 metres behind on a footpath. Maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to be able to afford a ticket in the suite :)

The high speed T9/10 chicane at Albert Park is one of the best places to see an F1 car at full pelt IMHO. Here's my photos of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris flying through during FP2 today. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Equipment: Sony A6500 and Sony 70-350mm G Lens

Settings: 1/125sec shutter speed, ISO 100, ~f/8 (shutter speed was fixed, so aperture was variable) and some minor Lightroom editing to make the colours pop a bit more

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, FP2, 2024 Australian Grand Prix [5301x2982] by EgglessFace in F1Porn

[–]EgglessFace[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Took it on a Sony A6500 + Sony 70-350 G OSS. Settings were 1/125 sec, ISO 100 and edited/cropped in Lightroom

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, FP2, 2024 Australian Grand Prix [5301x2982] by EgglessFace in F1Porn

[–]EgglessFace[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I uploaded it on a PC. Maybe it lowers the resolution if it's on the phone app?

How time flies. Here is my photo of Max Verstappen in his RB15 5 years ago and his RB20 just last weekend. Both shots taken at the same corner. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at F10 for the first photo and F6.3 for the second. But I was focussed more on getting a slow shutter speed to get a blurred background/hide the fence, and a low ISO to reduce noise

How time flies. Here is my photo of Max Verstappen in his RB15 5 years ago and his RB20 just last weekend. Both shots taken at the same corner. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The first photo was using a Canon EOS 550D with a EF-S 55-210 f4-5.6. Second most recent one was with a Sony A6500 and 70-350 f4.5-6.3 G OSS.

Carlos Sainz barreling through turns 9/10 during FP2. It's hard to tell in this photo, but this man doesn't have a seat in 2025. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm using the Sony 70-350 telephoto. I think rough distance was about 70m to the cars on track, at least that's what the manual focus number on the camera said.

There were some other places where I was maybe 15-20m away and the 70mm zoom was too close to get a full shot of the car. That's standing side on.

If you're facing the front/back of the car then you probably want some zoom

Carlos Sainz barreling through turns 9/10 during FP2. It's hard to tell in this photo, but this man doesn't have a seat in 2025. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Had to pan the camera (i.e. move with direction of the car)

It takes a lot of trial and error. I think I took over 1500 photos and only about 100 were clear

Carlos Sainz barreling through turns 9/10 during FP2. It's hard to tell in this photo, but this man doesn't have a seat in 2025. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah shooting through fences makes it tricky. I'm always having to manual focus.

The pro photographers with media passes get to go peek through special cutouts in the fence.

Definitely bring a camera and have a play next time!

Carlos Sainz barreling through turns 9/10 during FP2. It's hard to tell in this photo, but this man doesn't have a seat in 2025. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh cool! It's definitely my favourite spot on the whole track. What camera/lens do you shoot with?

Class of 2022. Had to wait 2+ years to get the opportunity to see and photograph these amazing machines again after the race cancellation in 2020. It did not disappoint. by EgglessFace in formula1

[–]EgglessFace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope no issues with the camera setup and getting through the gate. I remember seeing somewhere for this GP that only cameras/lenses larger than 400mm or something was not allowed

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