No 56k: Le Mans 2011

Psirus

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So here are some of my shots from this years Le Mans.
1:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Fri001.jpg
2:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Fri008.jpg
3:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Fri003.jpg
4:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Fri004.jpg
5:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Fri006.jpg
6:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Fri007.jpg
7:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat005.jpg
8:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat006.jpg
9:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat007.jpg
10:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat008.jpg
11:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat010.jpg
12:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat011.jpg
13:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat012.jpg
14:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat013.jpg
15:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat014.jpg
16:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat015.jpg
17:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat016.jpg
18:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat017.jpg
19:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat001.jpg
20:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat003.jpg
21:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sat004.jpg
22:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Thu002.jpg
23:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Thu006.jpg
24:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun001.jpg
25:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun002.jpg
26:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun003.jpg
27:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun004.jpg
28:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun006.jpg
29:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun008.jpg
30:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun009.jpg
31:
https://pic.armedcats.net/p/ps/psirus/2011/06/19/Sun010_001.jpg
 
Amazing shots there. How was it being at Le Mans? What days were you there? Plans for me didn't work out but I'm most likely going to the Nurburgring instead.

Btw what causes that grainy effect in picture 18 and a few others?
 
The EXIF data says ISO 1000 so that's pretty high, no wonder it's a bit grainy. ;)

Nonetheless very nice pictures. :) I think someday I have to go to Le Mans, too, but as I don't speak one word of french I would be lost there... :lol:
 
Le Mans was great fun. The noise (or lack of it ;-) ) was stunning, and the speed of the LMP1 cars is mindboggling. I have been to a few GT races in the last couple of years, but that's really something different. Drivers Parade was really cool; I've never seen such a lineup of cars, Blower Bentley, E-Type, GT40, Koenigsegg, Zonda, and the infamous 787B in a span of an hour ->
:blowup:
The race itself is somewhat difficult to follow, didn't want to walk around with my friends in silence just to listen to RLM. Really great source of information though, contrary to german commentary it has some depth to it.

The grainy effect is indeed noise, but there was no way around it. I don't find it overly distracting though. D80 is starting to look old, at least in terms of noise.

The "stubbornness" of the french against english was surprising. They are organising the biggest motorsport event on the planet, and - at least at our campsite - 70% of the people were british. Yet not a single sign was in english. :?
 
^ they were being stubborn mules on the track too.... Marc Gene's peugeot, 4 laps down, pretty much refused to move over for the lead Audi. Weaving and pushing them off the track. Crappy behaviour...
 
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