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Old 16 May 2018, 07:17 (Ref:3822759)   #26
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New Campsite ? It just wasn't the same last year with the changes.

We haven't arranged anything yet, I think we still will go though.
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Old 16 May 2018, 07:30 (Ref:3822764)   #28
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Old 16 May 2018, 08:38 (Ref:3822768)   #29
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Old 16 May 2018, 10:40 (Ref:3822819)   #31
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Old 16 May 2018, 15:41 (Ref:3822869)   #32
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Indeed, we have been located there for a long time now over the race week.
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Old 16 May 2018, 18:27 (Ref:3822892)   #33
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Indeed, we have been located there for a long time now over the race week.
Yeah, I've been there since 2010, except 2011/12. Not so sure about the site now but I am giving it another go this year. I was considering the site at Spay, so maybe that's next year if this doesn't work out.

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Old 16 May 2018, 19:30 (Ref:3822901)   #34
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Yeah, I've been there since 2010, except 2011/12. Not so sure about the site now but I am giving it another go this year. I was considering the site at Spay, so maybe that's next year if this doesn't work out.

Maybe we should say hello!
The site was lacking that something last year, I don't think the new barriers and toilet/shower block arrangement helped ?

Yes for sure, we probably have bumped into one another in the past. I've been a bit slow in booking things up for this year, it's usually all done by now. I expect we will travel down on the Weds morning for a late afternoon arrival .

Returning to the thread title, I have a Sigma 150-600mm lens that I want to try out new for this year, does anyone know if the latest spectator area layout at Indianapolis/Arnage is any good for photos ? I haven't been out to there since it is has been altered.

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It is a real classic, just may take a few years for people to realise it 👍
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It was made clear last year that we weren't wanted any more. A great shame after something like fourteen years.

Not sure yet where we're moving to, but we certainly won't be at La Suze.
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Returning to the thread title, I have a Sigma 150-600mm lens that I want to try out new for this year, does anyone know if the latest spectator area layout at Indianapolis/Arnage is any good for photos ? I haven't been out to there since it is has been altered.

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Definitely worth a visit. The atmosphere is rather different (for the worse, in my opinion) with so many trees cleared but there are very good views.
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Returning to the thread title, I have a Sigma 150-600mm lens that I want to try out new for this year, does anyone know if the latest spectator area layout at Indianapolis/Arnage is any good for photos ? I haven't been out to there since it is has been altered.

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It's great. Yes, you're quite a way from the cars on the new bank, but I thought it was a brilliant addition bearing in mind that until it was changed you could shoot virtually nothing there. We were there for 2nd and 3rd qualifying last year and for 3-4 hours to dawn during the race. Try and be there for the very start of a session Listening to the cars coming all the way from Tertre Rouge around and then appearing from the right is a great moment. I have a new lens to try from there this year, a 100-400.

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It's great. Yes, you're quite a way from the cars on the new bank, but I thought it was a brilliant addition bearing in mind that until it was changed you could shoot virtually nothing there. We were there for 2nd and 3rd qualifying last year and for 3-4 hours to dawn during the race. Try and be there for the very start of a session Listening to the cars coming all the way from Tertre Rouge around and then appearing from the right is a great moment. I have a new lens to try from there this year, a 100-400.
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I had a sneaking feeling you might link that one James. It really sets the hairs tingling on the back of your neck, doesn't it?
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Almost forgot...also have a new lens with me this year, a Tamron 150-600mm G2 lens.
Tried it out in Spa and at home, looking very much forward to shoot with it at Le Mans.
It has been a long time since I was at Indianapolis/Arnage so might show up there this year.
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I'm guessing we'll be there probably for session 2 or 3 on Thursday evening as well as between about 2 pm and 5 am on Sunday morning.
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It's great. Yes, you're quite a way from the cars on the new bank, but I thought it was a brilliant addition bearing in mind that until it was changed you could shoot virtually nothing there. We were there for 2nd and 3rd qualifying last year and for 3-4 hours to dawn during the race. Try and be there for the very start of a session Listening to the cars coming all the way from Tertre Rouge around and then appearing from the right is a great moment. I have a new lens to try from there this year, a 100-400.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll be there for the qualifying session on Thursday evening, complete with my camera gear. I was at the Mulsane corner for the same session last year, so can concur with the excitement felt for those opening few moments !
The 100-400 is a cracking lens, although I'm a Nikon owner, I've know a few guys who use it with excellent results. I've found photography over the weekend increasingly limited over the last few years and need to find something new. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcWWNbw
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Definitely worth a visit. The atmosphere is rather different (for the worse, in my opinion) with so many trees cleared but there are very good views.
It is a beautiful location and I never tire of the walk over the bridge in the mornings.
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The 100-400 is a cracking lens, although I'm a Nikon owner, I've know a few guys who use it with excellent results. I've found photography over the weekend increasingly limited over the last few years and need to find something new. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcWWNbw
I must admit I've been impressed with it already. I'm really looking forward to trying it out on some cars. My huge old Sigma zoom was such a deadweight to lug around.
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I had a sneaking feeling you might link that one James. It really sets the hairs tingling on the back of your neck, doesn't it?
It certainly does!

What appears to be impossible to capture on video there is the extraordinary deceleration of the prototypes under braking for Indianapolis, mind-blowing, especially during the hours of darkness, and as mesmerising as watching the hybrids catapult out of Arnage.
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Yes, it's a shame that that part of the circuit between the farthest reachable point out of Mulsanne and the initial entry into the first right hander at Indianapolis isn't accessible...
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