F3 entering Clay Hill at Oulton Park
![Photo: F3 out of Knickerbrook at Oulton Park - F3 Testing 24th Nov 2009 By Dave Adams [_DaveAdams on Flickr]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/4136929528_9d19fd8dbb.jpg)
F3 entering Clay Hill at Oulton Park – F3 Testing 24th Nov 2009
Another shot from the single seater test session at Oulton Park on the 24th November. A slow shutter speed was used here, 1/25th, hence the amount of blur in the background. The original shot wasn’t quite as angled as this, so it was adjusted in post processing and then cropped a little tighter to put the F3 car into the corner more.
F3 through Cascades at Oulton Park
![Photo: F3 through Cascades at Oulton Park - F3 Testing 24th Nov 2009 By Dave Adams [_DaveAdams on Flickr]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/4130925649_d59412972b.jpg)
F3 through Cascades at Oulton Park – F3 Testing 24th Nov 2009
The weather was typical late November fare at Oulton Park today; dark, murky, wet and cold, all helping to dull the colours (and my mood.) Due to the pretty horrid weather, I decided to spend some time looking for different angles rather than hitting the usual spots around the circuit.
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Low Shutter Speed at the Oulton Park Gold Cup 2009
![Photo: Oulton Park - Gold Cup 2009 - No.25 By Dave Adams [_DaveAdams on Flickr]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/3874826933_91d6040bd6.jpg)
This image was taken at the Oulton Park Gold Cup, using a low shutter speed of 1/60th of a second. Usually a shutter speed this low would result in a pretty blurred and unuseable image, but with the aid of a monopod and a healthy dose of luck, it is possible to get a reasonable level of sharpness on at least one part of the car (in this case its the rear quarter that has the best focus.)
The aim of taking this kind of image is to give a good sense of speed, and to allow the viewer to see more of the location, rather than having the frame filled with the main subject (in this case the racing car) as you would in a more traditional side on panning photograph.
When shooting shots at this shutter speed, you find yourself throwing away far more images then you keep, sometimes not because the subject is out of focus, but because the background, although blurred, isn’t very appealing. The shot shown here managed to avoid a row of parked cars and get the tree nicely in frame, which did involve a fair degree of luck.
