Racing days-from the archive

 It's been nine weeks since my knee reconstruction but I am still not mobile although I can drive. Walking is the difficult part and even the effort of a short walk leaves me feeling tired. So it's back to the library for photos for the blog and today it's photos taken at the wonderful Barry Sheene Festivals of Speed for historic motorcycles held at Sydney MotorSport Park. 

These photos were taken at the 2015,  2016 and 2017 events. I have not managed to attend subsequent events and I'm not even sure that it is still being held. I will check for next year's event.

The photos for the 2015 and 2016 events were taken with the wonderful Leica X Vario and the 2017 shots were taken the Leica Q .

These historic motorcycle events are great for photo opportunities with interesting machinery and so many characters.

Last of the Festival of Speed photos.

The last of my photos from the recent Barry Sheene Festival of Speed at Sydney MotorSport Park.
These motorcycle events are so much easier for photography than car events. Although this year the weather was far from ideal, and particularly the quality of the light, I came away with what I consider a good set of photos and the Team Africa Norton and rider and the rider in the very worn leathers-featured n the previous post- have been selected as Master shots by the Leica Fotographie International Gallery.

More Festival of Speed-2

Another batch of photos from last weekend's Barry Sheene Festival of Speed headed by a photograph of a rather grumpy rider in what must be one of the most well worn and patinated set of racing leathers on the planet. He was in fact quite friendly but he certainly does not look it in this photo.