Formula Drift SG

What a HOT SUNNY DAY at the inaugural FORMULA DRIFT SINGAPORE event held on Sunday 27 April 08 at the Singapore Airshow Grounds in Changi!! By the time me and friends left the place, we were totally TOASTED!

But it was worth it, to be able to see top class drifting action from the Pros and our local guys battling it out. The top spot goes to Team USA's RYUJI MIKI with his RX7, Team Malaysia's TENGKU DJAN and his AE86 claim the 2nd spot and Team New Zealand's MIKE WHIDDET got the 3rd spot in his RX7.

Wanna know more about the event n what's drifting? Check these out:

Formula Drift SG - http://www.formuladrift.com.sg/index.htm
Straits Times on Formula Drift SG - http://www.straitstimes.com/Video+News/Singapore/STIVodcast_4086.html?playid=4086&type=Singapore

It's my first time trying my hand on sports photography – also virgin use of my Canon EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM at a motorsport event. The IS (Image Stabilizer) works GREAT... you can just feel the gyro working and stablizing your viewfinder vision... neat especially when panning n hunting the drift machines.

However, the LCD didn't provide much help in determining picture quality becos of the glaring sun but luckily all my pics turn out good and i'm happy. I have also tend not to trust the LCD nowadays becos I had instances where it looks great on the tiny LCD but blurred when view on my monitor. .. haiz.

Should i use ONE-SHOT or AI SERVO auto focusing mode for this kind of event? That was the question ringing in my head when I was out there in the field. I tried both and find that both seems to work quite well. I do get some blurry shots in both modes and I attribute them to my poor handling skills – Don't blame the equipment for yr poor skills... read it somewhere online... Hahaha.

To see more of the action, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsaiek6654/sets/72157604798059443/