Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Off-road

Managed to snap some photos during the ride last evening, after riding mostly my road bike it was nice to hit some trails with the MTB for a change!

It had been pouring down rain all day on Monday and I was a bit sceptical to go for a bike ride but by the time I was at the site, Källbotten there was just some minor drops and the coulds started to dissipate! =)

Some photos shot from the saddle:
The trails were still wet and the speed was not what I have been used to.
Then there was some obstacles here and there, the beavers had been busy!
I picked the wrong spot for stop for taking shots. A few meters further down Linkenn did a OTB, luckily all went well!
Erik went next, he managed to steer clear of the slippery pipe that was straight over the trail.
At the next lake there were more obstacles, I took the route to the right and missed the deep puddle but Erik planted his front wheel straight in it, this time I got a shot! :)
Of course my directions were misinterpreted and Linkenn rode into the same puddle, a nice smell emerged from the muddy water. A quick stop to wash the worst away.
Back on track!
A couple of more shots from the bike.
Only a hour ride (12km) since there was some car trouble but it was a good workout! Always surprised how effortless the track is when getting on site with car and skipping the climb up to Källbotten.

Did my best to remove all the goo before loading the bike into the car but when at home I decided to shower off the rest of the dirt since the bike was already disassembled, think I managed to get half the forest with me back home. :)

Link to proper GPS-tracking: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/mGRZ17uz8i0

Must make a revisit when the conditions is dryer!

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Some Sun Set

Some fairly recent sun sets I'm posting after some processing.

This time I managed to be out on site in time before the sun managed to set behind the horizon!


This one came out a bit over the top with the colors but I decided to keep it like that nad the water looks a bit weird after merging the seven exposures...


Took the car out to a spot where I haven't been before to do HDR:s, Finnäset.


The calm weather allowed all the pollen stay on the water surface, but it looks pretty good anyway.


This was actually on the way out on to the peninsula had to try capture the light in the woods. Thankful for the non existent wind. =)


A final shot before the sun disappeared behind the mountains...


Captured a couple of Northern Pikes in their act, I could hear the splashing a long time before I managed to spot them, they didn't take much notice of me. :)

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Wild Wideos of the Week...

Or some lame excuse to post some videos I found worth posting. =)

First off a wild ride with a award winning film by Jean Louis Mourey, "Climb Dance".
Featuring rally legend Ari Vatanen climbing Pikes Peak in a modified Peugeot 405 T16.



Less action but still interesting to watch, I'm a sucker for "how things are made" video. Manufactoring Vittoria bicycle tubes.


The third video includes many of my favorite element, terrain, LEGO and destruction! ;)


Can't resist posting another LEGO video, not only a excellent build but the presentations is top notch!


Lastly but not leastly: Leopold the Amazing Leaping Cat!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ten minutes...

Ten unbelievably exhilarating minutes from Sunday's ride, same route as on Saturday, just less windy! ;)


Mental note to my self, don't record any more ten minute sequences in 1080p resolution again, the out-put file becomes larger than 2GB, you tube has a maximum size of 2GB...

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Harry Hill...

Chore of the day:


Not entirely true, also helped mum to prune some apple trees...

Thursday, March 31, 2011

WRC 2011 (part 2)

Forgot I had a few shots left to post from the Swedish WRC Rally, previous post here: http://flatulated.blogspot.com/2011/02/wrc_15.html

We changed location to the last stage of the rally, unfortunately the sun light was blocked by the hill where the spectators was standing and the light conditions was far from good.

Got some shots of the top contenders though.

Plenty of snow available!
Nice view and sun in the back, too bad there was a hill behind us too...
Waiting patiently.
Finally the cars started to appear!
Go Finland! Jari Matti Latvala. Ended third. (Pity about the car brand. ;))
S. Loeb, french in a french car, didn't go as well as usually, he ended up in sixth place.
Kimi Räikkönen did quite well, only two places after Loeb, ended up on eight place. Apparently he drives without sponsors, suppose he can afford that. =)
Swedish P.G Andersson squeezed in between Loeb and Kimi at seventh place.
Next class.
A snow bombarded photographer.
Group A3.
More smoke.
Some Russian?
Bu the way, Hirvonen won the Swedish WRC, 6.5 seconds before Mats Østberg.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

WRC 2011

Time for another MEGA-post! :)

Last Saturday (12th February) it was time to visit my first WRC Rally. Well, not entierly true since a few years ago I visited the service area in Grängesberg but this was first time visit to the actual race stages.
This won't be the last time! What a fantastic event just around the corner! I just regret not going earlier, Fredriksberg is less than a hour away...

Friday was awful, it was windy and snowing, and on top on that cold! The forecast had predicted sun for Saturday but even colder weather. On the way to Fredriksberg the thermometer in the car indicated -26C occasionally! Thankfully when we arrived the temperature was a more pleasant -16C and the sun was shining, one could feel the warm sunlight!

On the way out on our first stage, new for all of us, there was a 3km walk to the spot.


A wonderful winter day!


Warm clothes to survive a whole day in the wild. :)


MC-ordinances transported video media from the camera crews to the media center.


The hard core fans had arrived a day earlier, there was a gasoline driven electric generation dug down a few meters from the van...


The woods were full of people already!


Bored forest workers has left their mark.


Did I say there were more people?


Smoke rising from fires every where, the air was full of smoke.


Swedish fans...


Nice forest...


The Finish fan club, parts of it... =)


The loo, notice the TP on a stick.


I wasn't the only one with a camera.




Steady breakfast.


First safety car, the Swedish rally legend Björn Waldegård behind the wheel!


More audience.




















Slo-mo video:


Regular, HD-quality:


Soot.








More breakfast...






Kimi Räikkönen, known from F1.


Ken Block, known from Youtbe. ;)










Mechanical problems.




Smoking driver calling for support.




















Perfect road conditions!
























This was the best shot I managed to get of the Audi Quattro! :(
















On the way to the last stage..




Part two in next post...