Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I have a number of photos that I took in this as well as other GP's in 1965 and 1967 and CanAm races in Edmonton where I lived. Unfortunately, for the most part the pictures are rather poor technically as my long lens was a 200/4.5 Telyt on a Visoflex I. It's not easy doing action shots with that rig on Kodachrome when the weather is dark and rainy! In 1965 I went to three GP races, of which Spa was the first. I was hitch hiking around Europe from Spain to Sweden for 5 months, and the races were some of the defined time/places I went to visit. They were inexpensive to see, but my film budget did not allow me to shoot very much, unfortunately. I had inherited the cameras, but feeding them adequately, especially for a 5 month trip, was a bit beyond my student budget. It was a wonderful time to see GP races; no fences and you could go and talk to the drivers afterwards. Now it's better on TV, but the sound of those V6 turbos??? Henning On 2014-03-15, at 3:00 AM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > "Henning Wulff" <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote > >> Start of Belgian Grand Prix, 1965 in Spa-Francorchamps. I sat on the >> slope above Eau Rouge, a famous corner. All pictures on this trip were >> taken with a Leica IIIg or Ig. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/old/Europe+1965/A1306330.jpg.html >> > > A nice atmosphere captured well, Henning. Spa is one of the great > circuits. That was when racers were racers and safety rules were minimal. > Have you any more motor racing ones from that era? Interesting to see that > four USians were on the grid, and now there's not a single one on the grid > for tomorrow's Australian GP. Times change. > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com